MLSE receivers for narrow-band optical filtering

1 January 2006

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 3 pp.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ofc.2006.215452

Abstract

We show that maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) permits significantly narrower optical filtering than threshold detection in high spectral efficiency systems. We consider MLSEs using one and two samples/bit, noise correlation, and exact probability densities.

Keywords

OPTICAL RECEIVERS
OPTICAL FILTERS
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
NARROWBAND
OPTICAL DISTORTION
OPTICAL NOISE
OPTICAL CROSSTALK
OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
HIGH SPEED OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
FILTERING