title: Electronic equalization for enabling communications at OC-192 rates using OC-48 components.
abstract: We propose using electronic equalization technology to allow components typically used in 2.5Gb/s systems to be used at 10Gb/s. We simulate the performance of links exploiting this concept and study the effect of receiver bandwidth on equalized systems in general. Links utilizing transmitters designed for 2.5Gb/s rates are experimentally demonstrated. Experiments also show that photo-receivers with 2.5 GHz bandwidths add minimal penalty when post-detection electronic equalization is employed.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samal
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gandhi