Novel method for the measurement of the wavelength-resolved high-resolution polarization state of optical signals and application to the monitoring of communication signals

Author

Villafranca, Asier ; Sevillano, P. ; Pellejer, Enrique ; Pelayo, Javier ; Subias, Jesus

Author_Institution

Aragon Photonics Labs. S.L.U., Zaragoza, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present a method for the characterization of the polarization state of the optical spectrum components of an optical signal with high resolution (80 fm). Polarization dependence of stimulated Brillouin scattering is used to obtain the projections of the high-resolution optical spectrum to a state determined by controlling the polarization state of the pump signal. Combining data from different polarizations we extract the wavelength-resolved optical polarization state of the signals. Applications of this measurement to the study of polarization effects in communication signals are also presented.

Keywords

optical communication; optical information processing; polarisation; communication signals; communication signals monitoring; high-resolution optical spectrum; optical signals; optical spectrum components; polarization dependence; polarization effects; polarization state; pump signal; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength-resolved high-resolution polarization; Monitoring; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Scattering; PMD; polarization; signal monitoring; spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602787

Filename

6602787