Title :
In-Band OSNR monitoring by polarization diversity and electronic signal processing
Author :
Sui, Qi ; Lu, Chao ; Lau, Alan Pak Tao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
Abstract :
A cost-effective optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) monitoring technique by electronically processing the received signals from both polarization is proposed. This method enable in-band OSNR monitoring without the need for polarization control.
Keywords :
costing; optical fibre polarisation; optical signal detection; optical variables control; OSNR monitoring; cost-effective; electronic signal processing; in-band; optical signal-to-noise ratio; polarization control; polarization diversity; Monitoring; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5222712
