Title :
Reduction of nonlinear crosstalk by carrier-suppressed RZ format for 100 GHz-spaced Nx43-Gbit/s WDM in non-zero dispersion shifted band
Author :
Miyamoto, Y. ; Kuwahara, S. ; Hirano, A. ; Tada, Y. ; Yamane, Y. ; Miyazawa, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the carrier-suppressed RZ format reduces the nonlinear crosstalk in non-zero dispersion shifted fiber (+1.7 ps/km/nm) compared to the NRZ format in 100 GHz-spaced 8×43 Gbit/s WDM transmission using terminal dispersion compensation.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical variables measurement; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 GHz; 43 Gbit/s; NRZ format; WDM; carrier suppressed RZ format; crosstalk power measurement; nonlinear crosstalk reduction; nonzero dispersion shifted band; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; terminal dispersion compensation; Channel spacing; Crosstalk; Decorrelation; Modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Passband; Technological innovation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989093
