Electrical domain compensation of non-linear effects in an optical communications system
US7756421B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/2543
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Nonlinearity-induced signal distortions are compensated by processing an input communications signal, in the electrical domain prior to Electrical-to-optical conversion and transmission through an optical link of a communications system. According to the invention, a compensation operator is determined that substantially mitigates the nonlinearity-induced signal distortions imparted to an optical signal traversing the communications system. The input communications signal is then input to the compensation operator to generate a predistorted electrical signal. This predistorted electrical signal is then used to modulate an optical source to generate a corresponding predistorted optical signal for transmission through the optical communications system. With this arrangement, arbitrary nonlinearity-induced signal distortions imparted by the optical link can be compensated in such a manner that a comparatively undistorted optical signal is obtained at the receiving end of the optical link.
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