DocumentCode
1481939
Title
OSNR Monitoring of a 1.28 Tbaud Signal by Interferometry Inside a Wavelength-Selective Switch
Author
Schröder, Jochen ; Brasier, Owen ; Van Erps, Jürgen ; Roelens, Michaël A F ; Frisken, Steve ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Volume
29
Issue
10
fYear
2011
fDate
5/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1542
Lastpage
1546
Abstract
We demonstrate in-band OSNR monitoring using a reconfigurable wavelength-selective switch of ultrahigh bandwidth 1.28 Tbaud signals. Further experiments show the method´s resilience against other impairments such as group velocity dispersion and differential group delay.
Keywords
light interferometry; optical dispersion; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; differential group delay; group velocity dispersion; in-band OSNR monitoring; interferometry; optical signal-to-noise ratio; reconfigurable wavelength-selective switch; ultrahigh bandwidth; Bandwidth; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Delay-line interferometer (DLI); liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS); optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR); performance monitoring; wavelength-selective switch (WSS);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2011.2132755
Filename
5739501
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