Title :
Group Delay Ripple in Fiber Bragg Gratings: Electronic Equalization
Author :
Balemarthy, K. ; Ralph, S.E. ; Westbrook, P. ; Lingle, R.L.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta
Abstract :
We investigate the impact of electronic equalization on fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) with group delay ripple at 40 Gbit/s. Correlating with measured FBGs, we report that the associated penalty reduction may be limited in practice.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; delays; equalisers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; FBG; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; electronic equalization; fiber Bragg gratings; group delay ripple; penalty reduction; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Decision feedback equalizers; Delay; Fiber gratings; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical filters; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452528
