DocumentCode
516107
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
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
5465821
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