DocumentCode
1243857
Title
Monitoring optical network performance degradation due to amplifier noise
Author
Kilper, D.C. ; Weingartner, W.
Author_Institution
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
21
Issue
5
fYear
2003
fDate
5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1171
Lastpage
1178
Abstract
The relationship between optical performance as monitored within a network and the end terminal optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) and bit error ratio (BER) is measured for the case of performance degradation due to amplified spontaneous emission noise. Measurements on 10-Gb/s signals reveal that performance monitoring sensitivity to OSNR levels of 26 dB is sufficient for identifying degradations that impact the end terminal BER.
Keywords
laser noise; monitoring; optical fibre networks; sensitivity; superradiance; telecommunication network reliability; 10 Gbit/s; OSNR levels; amplified spontaneous emission noise; amplifier noise; bit error ratio; degradations; end terminal optical signal-to-noise ratio; optical network performance degradation monitoring; performance degradation; sensitivity; Bit error rate; Degradation; Monitoring; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2003.810919
Filename
1213573
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