• DocumentCode
    1872762
  • Title

    Influence of polarization scattering on polarization-assisted OSNR monitoring in dense WDM systems with NZ-DSF and Raman amplification

  • Author

    Xie, Chongjin ; Kilper, Daniel C.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We show experimentally that the inter-channel XPM induced polarization scattering can cause large errors for polarization-assisted OSNR monitoring techniques in a dense WDM system with NZ-DSF, Raman amplification and RZ modulation signals.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; NZ-DSF; RZ modulation signals; Raman amplification; all-optical transparent reconfigurable networks; dense WDM systems; inter-channel cross-phase modulation; nonzero dispersion shifted fiber; optical signal-to-noise ratio monitoring; polarization scattering; polarization-assisted OSNR monitoring; Fiber nonlinear optics; Monitoring; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192837
  • Filename
    1501368