Title :
Time-resolved waveform measurement of high-speed phase-modulated optical signals using self-homodyne interferometry
Author :
Kikuchi, Nobuhiko ; Sekine, Kenro ; Sasaki, Shinya
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We propose an optical eye pattern measurement technique of phase-modulated optical signals with high timing resolution applicable to multilevel signals and binary intensity-modulated signals generated by external modulators, for the first time, to our knowledge.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; homodyne detection; light interferometry; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical variables measurement; phase modulation; binary intensity-modulated signals; external modulators; high-speed optical signals; multilevel signals; optical eye pattern measurement; phase-modulated optical signals; self-homodyne interferometry; time-resolved measurement; timing resolution; waveform measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
