Title :
Novel eye monitoring technique for detection of first order PMD
Author :
Benlachtar, Y. ; Scopes, M. ; Killey, R.I. ; Bayvel, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
A new monitoring technique based on simple three-section eye-diagram sampling is proposed. It is used to identify and predict first order PMD and estimate the differential group delay. A high accuracy with error margin of <+/-10% was achieved.
Keywords :
delay-differential systems; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; differential group delay; eye monitoring technique; first order PMD detection; three-section eye-diagram sampling; Chromatic dispersion; Delay estimation; Monitoring; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical signal processing; Polarization mode dispersion; Sampling methods;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549283
