Abstract
The performance of the chirped return-to-zero format varies significantly with slight changes in the link dispersion. Penalty reduction from more than 8 dB to 3 dB has been demonstrated by either adjusting the chirp or using tunable dispersion compensation.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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