Title :
SiGe equalizer IC for PMD mitigation and signal optimization of 40 Gbits/s transmission
Author :
Jiang, Hong ; Saunders, Ross ; Colaco, Stephen
Author_Institution :
StrataLight Commun. Inc., Campbell, CA, USA
Abstract :
A SiGe equalizer IC has been developed to mitigate fiber-induced and electro-optical distortions for 40 Gbits/s optical transmission. Experiments show 50% improvement in 1st-order PMD tolerance for 1 dBQ penalty and 1 dB improvement in back-to-back OSNR sensitivity.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; adaptive equalisers; distortion; integrated circuit design; optical communication equipment; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optimisation; 40 Gbit/s; PMD mitigation; SiGe; SiGe equalizer IC; adaptive electrical equalization; back-to-back OSNR sensitivity; electro-optical distortions; fiber-induced distortions; optical SNR; optical transmission; polarization mode dispersion; signal optimization; silicon-germanium equalizer chip design; Equalizers; Germanium silicon alloys; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192785
