IFWM suppression using APRZ with optimized phase-modulation parameters

We demonstrate experimentally as well as numerically that the alternate-phase return-to-zero modulation format increases the nonlinear tolerance of strongly dispersion-managed 40-Gb/s transmission. An analysis of phase misalignment is also presented.

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