DocumentCode
449258
Title
Square root strategy: a novel method to linearize an optical communication system with electronic equalizers
Author
Prat, J. ; Napoli, A. ; Gené, J.M. ; Omella, M. ; Poggiolini, P. ; Curri, V.
Author_Institution
GCO, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
713
Abstract
We demonstrate a nonlinear function after the photodetector that linearizes dispersion-limited IM-DD systems, enhancing the performance of linear electronic equalization. Results showed a clear improvement in terms of chromatic dispersion tolerance.
Keywords
equalisers; intensity modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; photodetectors; telecommunication channels; chromatic dispersion tolerance; dispersion-limited IM-DD systems; electronic equalizers; linear electronic equalization; nonlinear function;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576473
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