Polarisation mode dispersion distortion equalisation with more then I I dB power penalty reduction is demonstrated for the first time at I O G W s after lOOkm standardfibre using electronic filtering in the receiver.

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Using different SiGe technologies, integrated circuits have been designed to realize electronic processing functions for 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s optical transmission systems. Experimental results of several mounted chips are presented.

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