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
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;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288316
