TY - GEN AU - Mbah, Obinna K. AU - Eke, James TI - Minimizing the detrimental effect of out-of- bound non linearities in optical network using adaptive optical equalizer PY - 2022/// CY - Haryana PB - IOSR - International Organization of Scientific Research KW - Computer Engineering N2 - The need for high capacity long haul telecommunication system to carry huge traffic demands in recent times has lead to the use of optic fiber communication system because of its high capacity carrying advantage over wireless systems. But optic fiber signals suffer some signal impairment issues such as nonlinearity which tends to degrade its transmission performance. This paper proposed the use of adaptive optical equalizer to mitigate such impairments. To achieve that, a simulink model of the system was first developed for simulation experiments. Then the impact of out-of-bound nonlinear signal on the three key performance indicators (Q Factor, Bit Error Ratio and Eye Height) studied was evaluated. An adaptive optical equalizer system was them applied to the network and measurements of the effect of the presence of the adaptive equalizer in an out-of - bound nonlinear environment was taken for the three key performance indicators. When the new results were compared with that of the previously evaluated data (without the adaptive equalizer), it was observed that the presence of adaptive equalizer brought a great improvement on the system, which was attributed to the mitigating effect of the equalizer. Thus it was concluded that in an out-of -bound nonlinear environment, adaptive equalization can be used to mitigate the effect of nonlinear signal thereof UR - https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jvlsi/papers/vol12-issue6/A12060113.pdf ER -