Title :
Practical method to measure optical SNR in multi terabit systems
Author :
Färbert, A. ; Elbers, J.-P. ; Bock, H. ; Neuhauser, R. ; Glingener, C.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Transp. Syst., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
A practical method to measure OSNR is reported. In contrast to previous procedures, this method does not need changes in the transmission line. We demonstrate the robustness against distortions induced by dispersion and self-phase modulation
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical noise; photodetectors; photodiodes; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM networks; amplitude histograms; dispersion; distortions; multi terabit systems; optical SNR measurement; photodetector; photodiode response; robustness; self-phase modulation; single channel; transmission line; Bandwidth; Histograms; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969155
