A 10.7-Gb/s DPSK Receiver with 4000-ps/nm Dispersion Tolerance using a Shortened MZDI and 4-state MLSE

We experimentally demonstrate a 10.7-Gb/s NRZ-DPSK receiver with 4000-ps/nm chromatic dispersion tolerance by using phase demodulation with a half-bit delay in combination with a simple 4-state maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) equalizer.