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Appendix 2: OMA Algorithms
Dispersion Compensation
Dispersion is the process by which the different EM waves in the fiber travel at different speeds. The
dispersion can originate from various different sources, such as material dispersion, waveguide
dispersion, modal dispersion and polarization mode dispersion.
Chromatic dispersion refers to the effect where different wavelengths travel at different speeds. It results
from two different sources, material dispersion and waveguide dispersion, but as chromatic dispersion is
usually measured as a single resultant parameter, the two sources are not often mentioned or discussed.
In practice, chromatic dispersion is treated as the main linear dispersion for signals traveling in a single-
mode fiber (SMF) and polarization mode dispersion is treated as the main non-linear dispersion.
Uncorrected fiber dispersion distorts the optical signal and it needs to be corrected for to obtain the
transmitted signal information.
OMA parameters for correcting chromatic dispersion
Chromatic Dispersion (CD) is a linear process, and it can be compensated by applying the opposite
dispersion in either the frequency domain (FFT), or the time domain (FIR).
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Frequency domain CD compensation involves the use of FFT and inverse FFT. There is no
restriction on the amount of dispersion that can be compensated.
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Time domain CD compensation uses finite impulse response to rearrange the dispersed signal
within the tab window. The amount of dispersion which can be compensated for is restricted by
the number of tabs used, but this technique is more computationally efficient (no need to FFT).
This is the technique often used in ASIC due to its efficiency.
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