Advanced modulation formats for fiber optic communication systems

John C. Mauro, Srikanth Raghavan

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Abstract

Choice of modulation format plays a critical role in the design and performance of fiber optic communication systems. We discuss the basic physics of electro-optic phase and amplitude modulation and derive model transfer functions for ideal and non-ideal Mach-Zehnder modulators. We describe the generation and characteristics of the standard nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) modulation format, as well as advanced formats such as return-to-zero (RZ), carrier-suppressed RZ (CSRZ), duobinary, modified duobinary, differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK), and return-to-zero DPSK (RZ-DPSK). Finally, we discuss the relative merits of these formats with respect to a variety of system impairments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationScientific Modeling and Simulations
EditorsSidney Yip, Tomas Diaz de la Rubia
Pages283-312
Number of pages30
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
Volume68 LNCSE
ISSN (Print)1439-7358

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Engineering
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Control and Optimization
  • Computational Mathematics

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