Nonlinear Electronic Dispersion Compensation Techniques for Fiber-Optic Communication Systems

Author

Xianming Zhu ; Kumar, Sudhakar ; Raghavan, Srinath ; Mauro, Yihong ; Lobanov, Sergey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We show that blind adaptive MLSE and fractionally-spaced DFE receivers based on nonlinear Volterra theory can extend the reach beyond 300 km in uncompensated 10 Gbit/s fiber-optic transmission systems dominated by fiber nonlinearity.

Keywords

Volterra equations; channel estimation; decision feedback equalisers; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical receivers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; blind adaptive MLSE; fiber nonlinearity; fiber-optic communication system; fiber-optic transmission system; fractionally-spaced DFE receiver; nonlinear Volterra theory; nonlinear channel estimator; nonlinear electronic dispersion compensation; Decision feedback equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intersymbol interference; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528211

Filename

4528211