Design of near optimum electrical equalizers for optical transmission in the presence of PMD

Authors:
  • ADA. Dittrich
    A. Dittrich
  • WSW. Sauer-Greff
    W. Sauer-Greff
  • RUR. Urbansky
    R. Urbansky
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Abstract
An adaptive Viterbi equalizer and a decision feedback equaliser (DFE) for nonlinear intersymbol interference using a state-based probabilistic approach is proposed. The Viterbi equalizer design is suitable for high data rates and outperforms other concepts for high PMD.