Title :
Non-intrusive simultaneous measurement of OSNR, CD and PMD on live WDM system
Author :
Morgan, Thomas ; Yu Rong Zhou ; Lord, Andrew ; Anderson, T.
Author_Institution :
Monitoring Div. Pty Ltd., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We report the first single-ended simultaneous measurement of OSNR, CD and PMD on a live optical link. We demonstrate successful troubleshooting of the in-service WDM system, showing the ability to diagnose faults without interrupting traffic.
Keywords :
fault diagnosis; noise measurement; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; CD measurement; OSNR measurement; PMD measurement; in-service WDM system troubleshooting; live WDM system; nonintrusive simultaneous measurement; optical sinal-to-noise ratio; polatization mode dispersion; Calibration; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Transponders; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
