Title :
Polarisation mode dispersion tolerance of 10 Gbit/s NRZ and RZ optical signals
Author :
Taga, H. ; Suzuki, M. ; Namihira, Y.
Author_Institution :
KDD Kamifukuoka R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama, Japan
fDate :
10/29/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors have evaluated the performance of an optical receiver with polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and return-to-zero (RZ) signals at 10 Gbit/s, and found that the RZ format is more tolerant to PMD than is the NRZ format
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; 10 Gbit/s; NRZ signal; RZ signal; optical receiver; polarisation mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981498
