Multi-Impairment Monitoring at 320 Gb/s Based on Cross-Phase Modulation Radio-Frequency Spectrum Analyzer

Author

Vo, Trung D. ; Pelusi, Mark D. ; Schröder, Jochen ; Corcoran, Bill ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Centre of Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

22

Issue

6

fYear

2010

fDate

3/15/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

428

Lastpage

430

Abstract

We introduce a scheme for multi-impairment performance monitoring at ultrahigh bit rates based on cross-phase modulation (XPM) in a nonlinear waveguide. We demonstrate that we can simultaneously monitor in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio and group velocity dispersion at bit rates of 320 Gb/s (return-to-zero format) from a single measurement. Our approach retrieves the autocorrelation of the signal via the radio-frequency (RF) spectrum, which is captured with an XPM-based RF spectrum analyzer in a highly nonlinear fiber.

Keywords

optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical waveguides; phase modulation; spectral analysers; XPM-based RF spectrum analyzer; autocorrelation; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; cross-phase modulation; group velocity dispersion; highly nonlinear fiber; in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio; multi-impairment performance monitoring; nonlinear waveguide; radiofrequency spectrum analyzer; return-to-zero format; ultrahigh bit rates; Nonlinear optics; optical performance monitoring (OPM); optical signal processing; spectrum analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2040979

Filename

5404930