Title :
A comparison between NRZ and RZ data formats with respect to PMD-induced system degradation
Author :
Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We quantify the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD)-induced system outage probability by means of numerical simulations for nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) and return-to-zero (RZ) data formats with proper comparative conditions and find that RZ performs better than NRZ. We also study the impact of the RZ duty-factor and the tradeoff between power margin and acceptable PMD.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; probability; NRZ data formats; PMD-induced system degradation; PMD-induced system outage probability; RZ data formats; RZ duty-factor; nonreturn-to-zero; numerical simulations; polarization-mode dispersion; power margin; return-to-zero; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Degradation; Laboratories; Microelectronics; Numerical simulation; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
