Title :
Joint PMD and Chromatic Dispersion Compensation Using an MLSE
Author :
Gené, Joan M. ; Winzer, Peter J. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Kogelnik, Herwig
Author_Institution :
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona 08034 Spain, jgene@tsc.upc.edu
Abstract :
Experimental investigations show that maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) in a 10.7 Gb/s non return-to-zero system improves by 60-70% the tolerance to first-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD), even in the presence of residual chromatic dispersion.
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801182
