A comparison between NRZ and RZ data formats with respect to PMD-induced system degradation

Authors
Sunnerud, H Karlsson, M Andrekson, PA
Citation
H. Sunnerud et al., A comparison between NRZ and RZ data formats with respect to PMD-induced system degradation, IEEE PHOTON, 13(5), 2001, pp. 448-450
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
448 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200105)13:5<448:ACBNAR>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We quantify the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD)-induced system outage pr obability by means of numerical simulations for nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) and return-to-zero (RZ) data formats with proper comparative conditions and fi nd that RZ performs better than NRZ. We also study the impact of the RZ dut y-factor and the tradeoff between power margin and acceptable PMD.