DocumentCode
1214983
Title
Measurement of OSNR in the presence of partially polarized ASE
Author
Feuer, Mark D.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs. Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Volume
17
Issue
2
fYear
2005
Firstpage
435
Lastpage
437
Abstract
We investigate the effect of partially polarized amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) on the measurement and interpretation of the optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) using the polarization-nulling method. OSNR measurement is widely used to estimate bit-error rate (BER) in transparent photonic networks, but we find that significant errors in OSNR and in estimated BER could occur if the degree of ASE polarization becomes high.
Keywords
error statistics; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; superradiance; BER; OSNR; amplified spontaneous emission; bit-error rate; optical signal-to-noise ratio; partially polarized ASE; polarization nulling; transparent photonic networks; Bit error rate; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Power measurement; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement; Optical performance monitor; optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR); photonic networks; polarization-dependent loss (PDL);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2004.839392
Filename
1386340
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