Title :
OSNR Monitoring of a 1.28 Tbaud Signal by Interferometry Inside a Wavelength-Selective Switch
Author :
Schröder, Jochen ; Brasier, Owen ; Van Erps, Jürgen ; Roelens, Michaël A F ; Frisken, Steve ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
5/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate in-band OSNR monitoring using a reconfigurable wavelength-selective switch of ultrahigh bandwidth 1.28 Tbaud signals. Further experiments show the method´s resilience against other impairments such as group velocity dispersion and differential group delay.
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical dispersion; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; differential group delay; group velocity dispersion; in-band OSNR monitoring; interferometry; optical signal-to-noise ratio; reconfigurable wavelength-selective switch; ultrahigh bandwidth; Bandwidth; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Delay-line interferometer (DLI); liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS); optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR); performance monitoring; wavelength-selective switch (WSS);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2132755
