Title :
In-band OSNR monitoring of PM-QPSK using the Stokes parameters
Author :
Lundberg, Lars ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Johannisson, Pontus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We discuss OSNR monitoring using low bandwidth Stokes parameter analysis. OSNR levels reaching 23 dB are experimentally estimated within ±1 dB. Simulations show resilience to chromatic dispersion, corresponding to 1000 km of SMF for the experimental setup.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical information processing; phase shift keying; PM-QPSK; in-band OSNR monitoring; low bandwidth Stokes parameter analysis; optical signal-to-noise ratio; Bandwidth; Monitoring; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Stokes parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
