• DocumentCode
    3434240
  • Title

    Monitoring intensity-modulated data streams from a mach-zehnder modulator using a swept heterodyne spectrometer

  • Author

    Watts, Regan T. ; Murdoch, Stuart G. ; Harvey, John D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    10-13 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    16
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated a sensitive technique for monitoring bit patterns used in BER testing and OTDM packet switched networks. A highly-sensitive, ultra-high resolution spectrometer has been developed to monitor the bit patterns at 2.5 Gbit/s.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; error statistics; heterodyne detection; intensity modulation; optical communication equipment; packet switching; BER testing; Mach-Zehnder modulator; OTDM; bit patterns; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; frequency 312.5 MHz; frequency 50 MHz; intensity modulation; packet switching; swept heterodyne spectrometer; Bit error rate; Frequency; Monitoring; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Spectroscopy; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-1-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-1-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519309
  • Filename
    4519309