Phase-conjugated twin waves for communication beyond the Kerr nonlinearity limit

• DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.109
• Publication Date: 2013-05-24T09:07:52Z
• Authors: Xiang Liu; A. R. Chraplyvy; P. J. Winzer; R. W. Tkach; S. Chandrasekhar
• Keywords: SIGNAL (programming language); Phase conjugation

The transmission of a pair of phase-conjugated beams is shown to mitigate nonlinear distortion during optical fibre communication, allowing a 400 Gbit s−1 superchannel to be sent over 12,800 km of optical fibre.