Title :
On the Use of MLSE with Non-Optimal Demodulation Filtering for Optical Duobinary Transmission
Author :
Downie, J.D. ; Mauro, Yihong ; Lobanov, Sergey
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally study the use of MLSE electronic equalization with optical duobinary signals demodulated with non-optimal narrowband optical filters. Significant improvement can be obtained for overly wide filters and sub-optimal filter shapes.
Keywords :
light transmission; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; optical fibre communication; optical filters; MLSE; electronic equalization; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; nonoptimal demodulation filtering; optical duobinary transmission; optical filters; Demodulation; Filtering; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528506
