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Characterizing Nonlinearities in IM-DD Links via the Best Linear Approximation: Distortion Analysis and Modulation Optimization
Abstract
We use the best linear approximation (BLA) to characterize nonlinearities in IM-DD links. The orthogonal nonlinear distortion is shown to be non-Gaussian. The BLA is used to approximate the optimum modulation depth for different equalizer structures.
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BibTeX
@misc{fernandez2026characterizing,
title = {{Characterizing Nonlinearities in IM-DD Links via the Best Linear Approximation: Distortion Analysis and Modulation Optimization}},
author = {Sebastian Fraga Fernández and Leonardo Minelli and Fernando de Bernardinis and Felipe Villenas and Yunus Can Gültekin and Alex Alvarado},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2608.11754},
eprint = {2608.11754},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11754},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Characterizing Nonlinearities in IM-DD Links via the Best Linear Approximation: Distortion Analysis and Modulation Optimization
AU - Sebastian Fraga Fernández
AU - Leonardo Minelli
AU - Fernando de Bernardinis
AU - Felipe Villenas
AU - Yunus Can Gültekin
AU - Alex Alvarado
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/12
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2608.11754
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11754
AB - We use the best linear approximation (BLA) to characterize nonlinearities in IM-DD links. The orthogonal nonlinear distortion is shown to be non-Gaussian. The BLA is used to approximate the optimum modulation depth for different equalizer structures.
ER -