DocumentCode
1592488
Title
Monitoring of orthogonal polarization power ratio due to PDL using intensity tones in polarization multiplexed signals
Author
Kozicki, Bartlomiej ; Takara, Hidehiko ; Inui, Tetsuro ; Komukai, Tetsuro ; Mori, Kunihiko ; Yonenaga, Kazushige
Author_Institution
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate a technique for monitoring orthogonal polarization power ratio (OPPR) occurring in WDM polarization-multiplexed signals due to PDL. We employ low-frequency intensity tones to estimate the effect of PDL and level of OSNR.
Keywords
polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; OSNR; PDL; WDM polarization multiplexed signal; intensity tone; optical signal-to-noise ratio; orthogonal polarization power ratio; polarization dependent loss; polarization multiplexed signal; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875652
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