DocumentCode :
1713523
Title :
Electrical mitigation techniques for polarization mode dispersion in optical fiber systems
Author :
Oliveira, Aurenice M. ; Lima, Ivan T., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Technol., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
fYear :
2009
Firstpage :
796
Lastpage :
799
Abstract :
Electronic equalization for the mitigation of the impairments due to nonlinear and linear effects in optical fiber communication systems, including polarization mode dispersion (PMD), has become commonly used in optical fiber systems. The receiver-side equalizers applied to PMD mitigation are typically based on minimum mean-square error (MMSE) criterion and have been implemented with feedforward (FFE) and decision feedback (DFE) structures. In this paper, we use Monte Carlo method with multiple importance sampling to accurately evaluate and compare the performance of MMSE equalizers in the first-and second-order PMD plane for a realistic system dominated by ASE noise. We also discuss properties and implementation issues of the MMSE equalizers when implemented for PMD mitigation.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; decision feedback equalisers; feedforward; least mean squares methods; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; superradiance; MMSE; Monte Carlo method; amplified spontaneous emission noise; decision feedback equalizers; electrical mitigation techniques; electronic equalization mitigation; feedforward equalizers; first-order PMD plane; linear effects; minimum mean-square error equalizer; nonlinear effects; optical fiber communication systems; polarization mode dispersion; receiver-side equalizers; second-order PMD plane; Decision feedback equalizers; Frequency; Monte Carlo methods; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Polarization mode dispersion; PMD mitigation; Polarization mode dispersion; component; electronic equalization; importance sampling;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2009 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Belem
ISSN :
1679-4389
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5356-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1679-4389
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2009.5427469
Filename :
5427469
Link To Document :
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