Title :
On robustness of in-band polarization-assisted OSNR monitoring schemes against PMD
Author :
Cheung, M.H. ; Chen, L.K. ; Chan, C.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a comprehensive study on the robustness of in-band OSNR monitoring schemes against PMD. We evaluated the performance of two in-band polarization-assisted OSNR monitoring techniques, namely, polarization-ing and orthogonal delayed-homodyne method.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD; WDM network; in-band polarization-assisted optical SNR monitoring schemes; orthogonal delayed-homodyne method; polarization-ing method; Bandwidth; Delay; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Polarization; Robustness; Signal to noise ratio; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274613
