Single Channel Transmission over 9280 km at 10-Gb/s using Small Form Factor Chirp Managed Laser Generating RZ AMI Modulation Format

25 September 2005

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We demonstrate operation of a compact chirp managed laser under return-to-zero modulation resulting in an alternate mark inversion format. Single-channel transmission over 8000 km of standard single mode fibre is achieved without any penalty.