DocumentCode
2055740
Title
Sensitivity of interferometric OSNR measurements techniques to the variation in signal extinction ratio
Author
Brodsky, M. ; Oh, J.M. ; Nelson, L.E. ; Feuer, M.D.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs. Res., Middletown, NJ
fYear
2008
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We discuss calibration requirements for interferometric OSNR measurements. We show that variation of 0.25 dB in the signal extinction ratio could result in large errors in OSNR for 42.8 Gb/s modulated signals.
Keywords
calibration; signal denoising; calibration requirements; interferometric OSNR measurements; signal extinction ratio; Calibration; Extinction ratio; Measurement techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Brussels
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2228-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729284
Filename
4729284
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