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A study of intersymbol interference and transmission medium instability for an optical fibre system

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A simple model is used to evaluate the power penalty accruing from nearest neighbour Intersymbol Interference (ISI) in a digital optical communications system using an integrate- and -dump decision process. The results compare closely with those obtained by Personick in a frequency domain analysis. An analysis of the effects of drift in the transmission bandwidth in the cable and of imperfect equalization indicates a simple design criterion for a fixed equalizer link.

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    J. E. Midwinter

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Midwinter, J.E. A study of intersymbol interference and transmission medium instability for an optical fibre system. Opt Quant Electron 9, 299–304 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619529

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