Combination of InP MZM Transmitter and Monolithic CMOS 8-State MLSE Receiver for Dispersion Tolerant 10 Gb/s Transmission

We demonstrate that InP modulators together with 1 sample/bit MLSE gives equivalent performance to linear electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulators combined with oversampled MLSE, potentially providing significant reduction in power dissipation and footprint.