A novel broadband asynchronous histogram technique for optical performance monitoring [optical fibre communication]

Author

Dods, Sarah D. ; Hewitt, Don F. ; Farrell, Peter M. ; Hinton, Kerry

Author_Institution

Dept of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

6-11 March 2005

Abstract

We combine tunable narrowband filtering with asynchronous sampling to produce broadband histograms that measure frequency-resolved signal distortion. We demonstrate the technique using chirped WDM signals affected by filter detuning, dispersion and nonlinear effects.

Keywords

chirp modulation; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; optical tuning; self-phase modulation; signal sampling; wavelength division multiplexing; asynchronous histogram monitors; asynchronous sampling; broadband asynchronous histogram technique; chirped WDM signals; dispersion; filter detuning; frequency-resolved signal distortion; nonlinear effects; optical performance monitoring; optical power distribution; self-phase modulation; tunable narrowband filtering; tunable optical filter; Distortion measurement; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Histograms; Monitoring; Narrowband; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters;

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.2005.192939

Filename

1501477