• DocumentCode
    3638524
  • Title

    Novel in-band OSNR monitoring system based on a polarization interferometer

  • Author

    J. J. Martínez;M. I. Roche;A. Villafranca;C. D. Heras;J. M. Subías;J. Pelayo;I. Garcés;P. Blasco;E. Pellejer

  • Author_Institution
    Vhotonics Technologies Group - Universidad de Zaragoza, PT Walqa, 22197 Cuarte (Huesca) Spain
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this communication we propose a OSNR measurement system capable of perform in-band measures of optical noise in OOK/PSK channels. Our design takes advantage of the noise polarization insensibility, using a polarization interferometer to discriminate it from the signals.
  • Keywords
    "Optical noise","Signal to noise ratio","Optical filters","Monitoring","Photonics","Optical interferometry"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621092
  • Filename
    5621092