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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
