Abstract
We present a comparison of CRZ, RZ and NRZ modulation formats in a 64 × 12.3 Gb/s WDM transmission experiment up to 9000 km. We show that CRZ exhibits the strongest resistance to nonlinear propagation effects and is thus the most suitable format for high-capacity long-haul WDM systems.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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