Demonstration of PMD compensation by ldpc-coded turbo equalization and channel capacity loss characterization due to PMD and quantization

L. L. Minkov, I. B. Djordjevic, H. G. Batshon, L. Xu, T. Wang, M. Cvijetic, F. Kueppers

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Abstract

Polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensation by low-density parity-check (LDPC) coded turbo equalization is experimentally demonstrated for a nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) system operating at 10 Gb/s. This technique provides significant improvement of bit-error rate compared to the optimum threshold receiver. The channel capacity loss due to PMD and quantization is studied as well. It was found that the proposed PMD turbo equalizer is about 1.5 dB away from the theoretical limit.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1852-1854
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume19
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 15 2007
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Channel capacity
  • Equalization
  • Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes
  • Polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensation

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