Title :
In-band OSNR monitoring based on two parallel Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Yuan, Bo ; Qiu, J.F. ; Wei, S.L. ; Yin, Z.S. ; Du, W.T. ; Wu, Junyong ; Lin, J.T.
Author_Institution :
State key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose a novel scheme by using two parallel Mach-Zehnder interferometers to monitor in-band OSNR. Simulation results show that OSNR range from 10 to 28dB within an error of ±0.5dB are successfully measured for different signals.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical information processing; in-band OSNR monitoring; optical-signal-to-noise ratio; parallel Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Couplers; Monitoring; Noise measurement; Optical filters; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
