Title :
Effect of receiver design on PMD outage for RZ and NRZ
Author :
Winzer, Peter J. ; Kogelnik, Herwig ; Kim, C.H. ; Kim, H. ; Jopson, R.M. ; Nelson, L.E.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
An assessment of the polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) robustness of a modulation format must include the detailed characteristics of the receiver, particularly its structure and bandwidths. We have compared RZ and NRZ on/off keying signals, and have shown that RZ outperforms NRZ for electrical receiver bandwidths below about 0.75 W.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical receivers; NRZ; PMD outage; PMD robustness; RZ; electrical receiver bandwidths; modulation format; on/off keying signals; optical receiver; receiver bandwidth; receiver design; receiver structure; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Shape; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036194
