• DocumentCode
    1419103
  • Title

    Bit rate flexible quality monitoring of 10 to 160 Gbit/s optical signals based on optical sampling technique

  • Author

    Shake, I. ; Otani, E. ; Takara, H. ; Uchiyama, K. ; Yamabayashi, Y. ; Morioka, T.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Network Innovation Lab., Yokosuka, Japan
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    25
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    12/7/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2087
  • Lastpage
    2088
  • Abstract
    Bit rate flexible quality monitoring of 10 to 160 Gbit/s RZ optical signals up to the bit error rate of 1×10-13 based on an ultrafast optical sampling technique is demonstrated. In addition, a compact optical signal monitoring unit that uses a readily available gain-switched laser diode as the optical sampling pulse source is reported
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; signal sampling; 10 to 160 Gbit/s; bit error rate; bit rate flexible quality monitoring; gain-switched laser diode; optical sampling pulse source; optical signal monitoring unit; optical signals; ultrafast optical sampling technique;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20001463
  • Filename
    891837