Title :
Simultaneous monitoring of in-band optical noise for WDM signals using stimulated Brillouin scattering
Author :
Fu, Amy ; Pelusi, Mark D. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous monitoring of the optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) for wavelength-division multiplexed 40 Gb/s signals using the back-reflected Stokes wave from Stimulated Brillouin Scattering. A highly sensitive OSNR range of 5-25 dB is observed.
Keywords :
optical noise; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM signals; backreflected Stokes wave; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; in-band optical noise; optical signal to noise ratio; simultaneous monitoring; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
