Journal article
Improved two-stage equalization for coherent Pol-Mux QPSK and 16-QAM systems
C Zhu, AV Tran, S Chen, LB Du, T Anderson, AJ Lowery, E Skafidas
Optics Express | Published : 2012
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00B141
Abstract
We report a two-stage blind frequency domain equalization method for long-haul coherent polarization-multiplexed (pol-mux) systems using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) and 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM). In the first stage, blind CD parameter prediction is conducted prior to a CD equalizer. This supports flexible path switching in optical networks. In the second stage, a frequency-domain multi-modulus algorithm (MMA) equalizer is used to cope with the residual fiber impairments and perform polarization de-multiplexing. Compared with the conventional constant modulus algorithm (CMA), MMA shows advantages including better steady state performance and a faster convergence rat..
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Funding Acknowledgements
NICTA is funded by the Australian Government as represented by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Research Council through the ICT Centre of Excellence program. The research is also partially supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems.