Periodic nonlinear Fourier transform for fiber optic communications Part I Theory and numerical methods
In this work, we introduce the periodic nonlinear Fourier transform (PNFT) method as an alternative and efficacious tool for compensation of the nonlinear transmission effects in optical fiber links. In the Part I, we introduce the algorithmic platform of the technique, describing in details the direct and inverse PNFT operations, also known as the inverse scattering transform for periodic (in time variable) nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) We pay a special attention to explaining the potential advantages of the PNFT based processing over the previously studied nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) based methods. 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