Sixth Van Der Meulen Seminar:

“Information Theory and Fiber-Optic Communication”

with a lecture by Prof. Gerhard Kramer, Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Information Theory Society.

 Optical fiber carries the bulk of the world's data traffic through long, thin strands of glass. Despite their importance, the capacity of fiber-optic channels is unknown, mainly because the underlying physical model described by the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (GNLSE) cannot be easily translated in convincing channel models. The 6th Van der Meulen Seminar focuses on new directions in studying capacity and on developing coding techniques for optical fiber communications.

Date:          Thursday, September 15, 2016

Time:         13.30 – 18.00

Location:  Eindhoven University of Technology, Van Trier Zaal, Traverse.

Organizers

Alex Alvarado (University College London, Eindhoven University of Technology) and Frans Willems (Eindhoven University of Technology).

Program

• Distinguished Lecture: Prof. Gerhard Kramer (Technische Universität München)
  "Information Rates for Phase Noise Channels"

• Prof. Stephan ten Brink (Universität Stuttgart)
  “On Spectral Efficiency of First Order Soliton-Based Optical Communications”

• Dr. Georg Böcherer (Technische Universität München)
  “Achievable Rate Estimates from Fiber-Optic Transmission Experiment Measurements”

• Dr. Sander Wahls (Technische Universiteit Delft)
  “Impact of Noise on the Nonlinear Fourier Transform”

Slides