Long-Haul WDM IMDD Transmission at 10.7 Gbit/s in a Dispersion-Managed Multispan System Using MLSE Receivers

Author

Poggiolini, Pierluigi ; Bosco, Gabriella

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron., Politec. di Torino, Torino

Volume

26

Issue

17

fYear

2008

Firstpage

3041

Lastpage

3047

Abstract

We compare by simulation the performance of a maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) receiver with that of a standard optimized threshold receiver in a dispersion-managed multispan WDM transmission system at 10.7 Gbit/s in the presence of fiber nonlinearities. We found that the use of MLSE receivers helps to significantly increase the tolerance of the dispersion map design and may improve overall system performance.

Keywords

maximum likelihood sequence estimation; radio receivers; wavelength division multiplexing; MLSE receivers; WDM IMDD transmission; bit rate 10.7 Gbit/s; dispersion map; dispersion-managed multispan system; fiber nonlinearities; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing; Dispersion compensation; MLSD; dispersion maps; maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE); nonlinearities; optical communications; signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.923925

Filename

4738496