Title :
Mitigation of intra-channel nonlinearities using a frequency-domain volterra series equalizer
Author :
Guiomar, Fernando P. ; Reis, Jacklyn D. ; Teixeira, António L. ; Pinto, Armando N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Telecommun. & Inf., Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
We apply a frequency-domain Volterra series nonlinear equalizer to a 20 Gbaud NRZ-QPSK signal propagated over 1600 km. Using 2 samples/symbol we obtain a 2 dB improvement on the nonlinear tolerance over backward propagation split-step Fourier method.
Keywords :
Volterra series; equalisers; optical fibre communication; phase shift keying; NRZ-QPSK signal; backward propagation split-step Fourier method; frequency-domain Volterra series equalizer; frequency-domain Volterra series nonlinear equalizer; intrachannel nonlinearities; nonlinear tolerance; Adaptive optics; Equalizers; Frequency domain analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical transmitters; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
