• DocumentCode
    1648983
  • Title

    Spread-spectrum chromatic dispersion monitoring technique for flexible bandwidth channels

  • Author

    Cai, Xinran R. ; Geisler, David J. ; Proietti, Roberto ; Yin, Yawei ; Scott, Ryan P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We exploit an in-band, 50-MHz supervisory channel for chromatic dispersion monitoring of variable-bandwidth flexpaths. Results show monitoring optimization tradeoffs and dispersion measurements for a 400-GHz flexpath with up to 100-km link lengths.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; optical dispersion; optical variables measurement; spread spectrum communication; dispersion measurements; flexible bandwidth channels; frequency 50 MHz; optimization tradeoffs; spread-spectrum chromatic dispersion monitoring; supervisory channel; variable-bandwidth flexpaths; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Low pass filters; Mixers; Monitoring; Optical filters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325484