On the use of NRZ, RZ, and CSRZ modulation at 40 Gb/s with narrow DWDM channel spacing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1694-1704

  Bosco, G ^a   Carena, A ^a   Curri, V ^a   Gaudino, R ^a   Poggiolini, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrier suppressed return to zero (CSRZ); Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM); Duobinary; Nonreturn to zero (NRZ); Optical filters; Optical modulation; Return to zero (RZ)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS;

CARRIER SUPPRESSED RETURN-TO-ZERO MODULATION; NONRETURN-TO-ZERO MODULATION; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION; RETURN-TO-ZERO MODULATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036767977     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.806309     Document Type: Article

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