Chirped RZ-DPSK based on single Mach-Zehnder modulator and its nonlinear transmission performance

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1531-1533

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Kao, Yuan Hua ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirped return to zero differential phase shift keying (CRZ DPSK); Modulation format; Nonlinear transmission

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

CHIRPED RETURN TO ZERO DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT KEYING (CRZ-DPSK); MODULATION FORMAT; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 23844505341     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.848550     Document Type: Article

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