• DocumentCode
    1746511
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    17-22 March 2001
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    928400