WDM monitoring technique using adaptive blind signal separation

Author

Tangdiongga, E. ; Calabretta, N. ; Sommen, P.C.W. ; Dorren, H.J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. & Electromagnetism, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

13

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

250

Abstract

We present a cost-effective method to monitor the performance of wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) channels. The method is based on simple optical signal processing in a combination with electronic signal processing. The photocurrent of a detected (multichannel) optical signal is analyzed using an adaptive blind signal separation method. A maximum data decorrelation criterion is used to separate the WDM channels. We show experimentally that four WDM channels can be reconstructed accurately by this numerical method.

Keywords

decorrelation; monitoring; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical signal detection; telecommunication channels; telecommunication signalling; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channels; WDM monitoring technique; adaptive blind signal separation; adaptive blind signal separation method; cost-effective method; detected multichannel optical signal; electronic signal processing; maximum data decorrelation criterion; optical signal processing; photocurrent; Adaptive optics; Adaptive signal detection; Adaptive signal processing; Blind source separation; Monitoring; Optical detectors; Optical signal processing; Photoconductivity; Signal detection; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.914336

Filename

914336