Title :
Novel OSA-based method for in-band OSNR measurement
Author :
Gariépy, Daniel ; He, Gang ; Breton, Yves ; Déry, Bernard ; Schinn, Gregory W.
Author_Institution :
EXFO Electro-Opt. Eng. Inc., Quebec, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A new approach for in-band OSNR measurements in narrow DWDM channels is described, which is robust to PMD and enables rapid measurement of accurate OSNR values of > 20 dB without need for polarization extinction.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; PMD; in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio measurement; narrow DWDM channels; optical spectrum analyzer-based method; Bandwidth; Noise measurement; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Time measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
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
