Title :
Field Trial of Polarization-Assisted Optical Performance Monitoring Operating in an 820 km WDM System
Author :
Sköld, Mats ; Olsson, Bengt-Erik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Swahn, Thomas ; Mårtensson, Jonas ; Berntson, Anders ; Melin, Stefan
Author_Institution :
Photonics Laboratory, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, Email: mats.skold@chalmers.se
Abstract :
We report a comprehensive optical performance monitoring field trial. A low-cost monitoring solution operates in an 820-km installed WDM transmission link at nine link points. The monitoring includes power, wavelength, SOP, OSNR, and first-order PMD.
Keywords :
High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Page description languages; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800974
