Title :
A comparison between NRZ and RZ data formats with respect to PMD-induced system degradation
Author :
Sunnerud, H. ; Karlsson, M. ; Andrekson, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We quantify the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) induced system outage probability by means of numerical simulations for NRZ and RZ with proper comparative conditions and find that RZ performs better than NRZ. We also study the trade-off between power margin and acceptable PMD.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; probability; NRZ data formats; PMD-induced system degradation; PMD-induced system outage probability; RZ data formats; acceptable PMD; numerical simulations; optical fibre communication; polarization-mode dispersion; power margin; Degradation; Iron; Laboratories; Numerical simulation; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
