• DocumentCode
    552029
  • Title

    Joint OSNR and chromatic dispersion monitoring using empirical moments of asynchronously sampled signal amplitudes

  • Author

    Khan, F.N. ; Lau, Alan Pak Tao ; Lu, Chao ; Wai, P.K.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Res. Centre, Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    237
  • Lastpage
    238
  • Abstract
    We propose a technique for simultaneous and independent optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) and chromatic dispersion (CD) monitoring by using the empirical moments of asynchronously sampled signal amplitude. The proposed technique is low-cost and is applicable to various modulation formats and data rates with good accuracy and large monitoring ranges.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; optical dispersion; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; OSNR; asynchronously sampled signal amplitudes; chromatic dispersion monitoring; data rates; empirical moments; modulation formats; optical signal to noise ratio; Fiber optics; Monitoring; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
  • Conference_Location
    Kaohsiung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-288-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-986-02-8974-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6015101