DocumentCode
3571877
Title
Simultaneous multi-channel OSNR monitoring at 40 Gb/s OOK and DPSK using a wavelength selective switch
Author
Brasier, O. ; Schroder, J. ; Vo, T.D. ; Roelens, M.A.F. ; Frisken, Steve ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution
ARC Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
fYear
2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We show the first simultaneous OSNR monitoring of two 40 Gb/s channels, using a wavelength selective switch and two photodetectors. This approach is bit-rate and format independent and can be easily integrated in existing reconfigurable networks.
Keywords
amplitude shift keying; differential phase shift keying; optical switches; photodetectors; DPSK; OOK; differential phase shift keying; frequency 40 GHz; on-off keying; optical signal-to-noise ratio; photodetectors; simultaneous multi-channel OSNR monitoring; wavelength selective switch; Coherence; Monitoring; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical switches; Signal to noise ratio; Optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR); optical performance monitoring (OPM); wavelength selective switch (WSS);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929889
Filename
5929889
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