Performance Comparison of Dispersion Managed 40 Gbps Transmission: CSRZ vs. RZ

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Zhang, Q., J. Maloney, C. Menyuk, K. Hall, A. Liang, J. Jacob, M. LaGasse, et al. "Performance Comparison of Dispersion Managed 40 Gbps Transmission: CSRZ vs. RZ". In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2002), Paper CThO37, CThO37. Optica Publishing Group, 2002. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO-2002-CThO37.

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Abstract

In terrestrial systems, it is usually not practical to completely optimize the dispersion map because one must make use of the already existing fiber plant. We examine the performance of the return-to-zero (RZ) and carrier-suppressed return- to-zero (CSRZ) formats in dispersion maps that are not slope matched, as is commonly the case in the installed fiber base. We find that for such dispersion maps, the CSRZ format outperforms the RZ format.