Nonlinear effects in phase shift keyed transmission

23 February 2004

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Phase-shift-keyed modulation formats have recently shown superior performance in some nonlinear transmissions. This paper will review the understanding of their tolerance to various fiber nonlinearites in different transmission regimes in terms of data-rate and spectral-efficiency. Ó2003 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.5060) Phase modulation; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers.