DocumentCode
449251
Title
Novel scheme for simultaneous polarisation mode dispersion and optical signal-to-noise ratio monitoring
Author
Wong, Elaine ; Tan, Janice ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai
Author_Institution
Nat. ICT Australia, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
697
Abstract
We propose a novel scheme to monitor PMD and OSNR using incomplete polarisation extinction of PMD-affected signals. The measured PMD-induced signal leakage is used to alleviate OSNR measurement errors to within 0.8 dB of reference measurements.
Keywords
measurement errors; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; OSNR; PMD; measurement errors; optical signal-to-noise ratio; polarisation extinction; polarisation mode dispersion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576465
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