Title :
Orthogonal Polarization Heterodyne OSNR Monitoring Technique Insensitive to Polarization Effects
Author :
Xie, Chongjin ; Kilper, Daniel C. ; Möller, Lothar ; Ryf, Roland
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA, Tel: +1-732-888-7274, Fax: +1-732-888-7074, Email: chongjin@lucent.com
Abstract :
A monitoring technique is demonstrated that utilizes polarization orthogonality and heterodyne mixing to measure the in-band optical-signal-to-noise-ratio. This technique is insensitive to PMD and nonlinear polarization scattering, and operates independently of the optical signal properties.
Keywords :
Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; RF signals; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216046
