Title :
OSNR monitoring of a 1.28 Tbit/s signal using a reconfigurable 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. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate in-band optical signal to noise monitoring of an 1.28 Tbit/s signal by implementing an interferometer inside a reconfigurable wavelength selective switch based on liquid crystal on silicon technology.
Keywords :
optical switches; OSNR monitoring; bit rate 1.28 Tbit/s; in-band optical signal to noise monitoring; liquid crystal on silicon technology; reconfigurable wavelength selective switch; Monitoring; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
