Comparison between NRZ and RZ signal formats for in-line amplifier transmission in the zero-dispersion regime

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 340-348

  Matsuda, Toshiya ^a   Naka, Akira ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Higher order group velocity dispersion; Non return to zero; Return to zero; Self phase modulation; Zero dispersion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HIGHER ORDER GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); IN LINE AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS; NONRETURN TO ZERO (NRZ) SIGNAL FORMATS; RETURN TO ZERO (RZ) SIGNAL FORMATS; SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032027743     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.661359     Document Type: Review

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