Title :
Low-Cost In-band Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio Monitoring Using An Optical Interferometer
Author :
Bakaul, Masuduzzaman ; Clarke, Ken ; Anderson, Trevor ; Hewitt, Don ; Dods, Sarah D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic.
Abstract :
An in-band optical signal-to-noise-ratio (OSNR) monitor using an optical interferometer is proposed and demonstrated. The proposed scheme separates the uncorrelated beat noise by using low-bandwidth balanced photodetectors and digital signal processing
Keywords :
light interferometry; noise measurement; optical information processing; optical variables measurement; photodetectors; signal denoising; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channels; balanced photodetectors; digital signal processing; in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio monitoring; optical interferometer; uncorrelated beat noise separation; Digital signal processing; Monitoring; Noise generators; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279192
