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Novel digital pre-distortion techniques for low-extinction ratio Mach-Zehnder modulators

Antonio Napoli, Mahdi M. Mezghanni, Danish Rafique, V.A.J.M. Sleiffer, Bernhard Spinnler, Marc Bohn

Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2015 · 18 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

A novel digital pre-distortion technique for low-extinction ratio modulators is presented. Penalty-free transmission in back-to-back system configuration is reported for 16-and 64QAM at 32GBaud with modulator extinction ratios as low as 14dB.

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