DocumentCode
1320832
Title
PMD mitigation at 10 Gbit/s using linear and nonlinear integrated electronic equaliser circuits
Author
Bulow, Henning ; Buchali, Fred ; Baumert, W.
Author_Institution
Corp. Res. Centre, Alcatel SEL AG, Stuttgart
Volume
36
Issue
2
fYear
2000
fDate
1/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
163
Lastpage
164
Abstract
A transversal filter (TF) and a decision feedback equaliser (DFE) have been manufactured as integrated electronic circuits in SiGe technology suitable for 10 Gbit/s operation. Using these devices, electrical equalisers for implementation in optical receivers have been realised and the reduction in penalty induced by polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) has been experimentally analysed. A device consisting of the concatenation of a TF and DFE exhibits the lowest residual penalty, <3 dB for a PMD with a differential group delay of <80 ps
Keywords
decision feedback equalisers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; 10 Gbit/s; SiGe; SiGe technology; decision feedback equaliser; differential group delay; integrated electronic equaliser circuit; linear circuit; nonlinear circuit; optical receiver; polarisation mode dispersion; transversal filter;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000175
Filename
833162
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