• DocumentCode
    3233710
  • Title

    Metastable States of MLSE Receiver Induced by Extreme PMD Conditions

  • Author

    Feuer, M.D. ; Brodsky, M. ; Cornick, K.E. ; Kupfer, T. ; Aramideh, S. ; Noutsios, P. ; Birk, M.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Labs., Middletown
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    23-25 July 2007
  • Firstpage
    31
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    We have measured the performance of a 10 Gb/s receiver incorporating maximum-likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) under conditions of severe polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). We find that certain trajectories of PMD evolution can lead to metastable states of receiver operation.
  • Keywords
    maximum likelihood sequence estimation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; MLSE receiver; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; extreme PMD conditions; fiber optic communications; maximum-likelihood sequence estimation; metastable states; polarization-mode dispersion; Clocks; Delay; Maximum likelihood estimation; Metastasis; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal to noise ratio; MLSE; PMD; fiber optic communications; optical receivers; polarization mode dispersion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0926-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1099-4742
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288316
  • Filename
    4288316