Title :
Field trial of an inband OSNR monitor based on polarization extinction
Author :
Floridia, Claudio ; Simões, Glauco C C P ; Bezerra, Edson W. ; Feres, Mariana M. ; Romero, Murilo A.
Author_Institution :
Convergence Networks Dept., CPqD - Found., Campinas, Brazil
fDate :
Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
We present a field trial of an inband OSNR monitor based on polarization extinction. The field trial was carried out at the GIGA network, in the presence of significant artifacts due to the use of dispersion compensators based on FBG technology. The monitor is demonstrated to measure OSNR values from 5 to 35 dB with ±0.6 dB accuracy, for optical power levels above -40 dBm.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre telemetry; wavelength division multiplexing; FBG technology; GIGA network; WDM networks; dispersion compensators; field trial; inband OSNR monitor; polarization extinction; wavelength-division-multiplexed networks; Adaptive optics; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Field trial; OPM; OSNR monitor; inband OSNR;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Natal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1662-1
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169254
