Title :
In-band OSNR monitor using an optical bandpass filter and optical power measurements for superchannel signals
Author :
Oda, Shoichiro ; Jeng-Yuan Yang ; Akasaka, Y. ; Sone, Kyosuke ; Aoki, Yuya ; Sekiya, Motoyoshi ; Rasmussen, Jens C.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel in-band OSNR monitor using an optical bandpass filter and power measurements for superchannel signals and experimentally demonstrate accurate OSNR monitoring of two-subcarrier DP-16QAM signal and higher tolerance to spectral narrowing.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical filters; optical variables measurement; quadrature amplitude modulation; OSNR monitoring; in-band OSNR monitor; optical bandpass filter; optical power measurements; spectral narrowing; superchannel signals; two-subcarrier DP-16QAM signal;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1600
