Title : 
Mitigation of the Impact of Receiver Imperfections in DPSK Systems Using Electronic Equalization
         
        
            Author : 
Bosco, G. ; Coster, A. ; Curri, V.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, C. so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Optical Differential Phase-Shift Keying (DPSK) needs complex transmitter and receiver structures sensitive to hardware imperfections. We demonstrate that the use of FIR filter electronic equalization (EE) can be effective in compensating for such imperfections.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Finite impulse response filter; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Phase detection;
         
        
        
        
            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.2006.4800977