• DocumentCode
    1681321
  • Title

    Robust, Low Cost, In-Band Optical Signal to Noise Monitoring Using Polarization Diversity

  • Author

    Anderson, Trevor B. ; Clarke, Ken ; Dods, Sarah D. ; Bakaul, Masuduzzaman

  • Author_Institution
    Melbourne Univ., Melbourne
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a robust in-band OSNR monitor using polarization diversity and low-cost opto-electronics. The proposed technique offers relaxed manufacturing tolerances and is insensitive to extinction ratio, bit rate, chromatic dispersion and first order PMD.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate; chromatic dispersion; extinction ratio; inband optical signal to noise monitoring; low-cost optoelectronics; polarization diversity; relaxed manufacturing tolerances; Bit rate; Chromatic dispersion; Costs; Extinction ratio; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Noise robustness; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348598
  • Filename
    4348598