Volterra-Based Reconfigurable Nonlinear Equalizer for Coherent OFDM

Elias Giacoumidis, Ivan Aldaya, Mutsam A Jarajreh, Athanasios Tsokanos, Son Thai Le, Farsheed Farjady, Yves Jaouën, Andrew D Ellis, Nick J Doran

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Abstract

A reconfigurable nonlinear equalizer (RNLE) based on inverse Volterra series transfer function is proposed for dual-polarization (DP) and multiband coherent optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals. It is shown that the RNLE outperforms by 2 dB the linear equalization in a 260-Gb/s DP-OFDM system at 1500 km. The RNLE improves the tolerance to inter/intraband nonlinearities, being independent on polarization tributaries, modulation format, signal bit rate, subcarrier number, and distance.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1383 - 1386
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume26
Issue number14
Early online date19 Jun 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2014

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