Title :
Link Performance Monitoring Technique for Measuring Residual Chromatic Dispersion of Optical Links
Author :
Lee, Jun Haeng ; Yoshikane, Noboru ; Tsuritani, Takehiro ; Otani, Tomohiro
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Fujimino
Abstract :
We propose a simple technique for measuring the residual chromatic dispersion (CD) of optical links based on two single-sideband tones. The residual CD was measured with an accuracy of +/- 10 ps/nm, regardless of the effect of self-phase modulation.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical links; link performance monitoring; optical links; residual chromatic dispersion measurement; single-sideband tones; Link performance monitoring (LPM); physical impairment constrained path computation; residual chromatic dispersion (CD); transparent optical network;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2004674
