简介:Weproposeajointnonlinearelectricalequalizationapproachincoherentopticaldiscrete-Fourier-transformspreadorthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing(DFT-spread-OFDM)systemswithpolarizationdivisionmultiplexing(PDM).ThismethodisbasedonanadaptiveVolterraseriesexpansionfornonlineardistortionsoftwoorthogonalpolarizations.Thenonlinearelectricalequalizationisvalidatedthroughnumericalsimulationof100-Gb/squadraturephaseshiftkeyingand200-Gb/s16quadratureamplitudemodulationPDMDFT-spread-OFDMsystems.