Principles for electronic equalization of polarization-mode dispersion

Author

Haunstein, Herbert F. ; Sauer-Greff, Wolfgang ; Dittrich, Andreas ; Sticht, Konrad ; Urbansky, Ralph

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Nurnberg, Germany

Volume

22

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1169

Lastpage

1182

Abstract

System performance of optical fiber transmission in the presence of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) can be improved by various types of electronic equalizers, which will be discussed in this paper. After a brief review of equalization and detection theory, equalizer concepts are adapted to the nonlinear optical channel and the architecture is optimized for high bit rate applications. Simulation results accounting for implementation losses in state-of-the-art technologies and realistic transmission conditions indicate that these concepts provide adequate solutions for equalization in lightwave transmission systems.

Keywords

Viterbi detection; adaptive equalisers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; detection theory; electronic equalization; electronic equalizers; implementation losses; lightwave transmission systems; nonlinear optical channel; optical fiber transmission; polarization-mode dispersion; state-of-the-art technologies; transmission conditions; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Costs; Equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.825333

Filename

1291561