Title :
FFE, DFE and MLSE equalizers in phase modulated transmission systems
Author :
Alfiad, M.S. ; van den Borne, D. ; Kuschnerov, M. ; Spinnler, B. ; Wuth, T. ; Napoli, A. ; Jansen, S.L. ; de Waardt, H.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We investigate the performance and implementation complexity of different equalization techniques combined with phase modulation. We demonstrate that for data rates ges40-Gb/s, FFE allows for the most efficient equalization of linear transmission impairments.
Keywords :
decision feedback equalisers; feedforward; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; optical communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; decision feedback equalisation; feed forward equalisation; linear transmission impairments; maximum likelihood sequence equalisation; phase modulation; Decision feedback equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Phase detection; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343310
