Title :
Time-Resolved Chirp Measurements Using Complex Spectrum Analysis Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
Author :
Villafranca, Asier ; Lasobras, Javier ; Escorihuela, Raul ; Alonso, Rafael ; Garces, Ignacio
Author_Institution :
Photonics Technol. Group, Zaragoza Univ., Zaragoza, Spain
Abstract :
A novel method to measure the complex optical spectrum of digitally modulated signals based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is presented. Time resolved chirp measurements of a 10 Gbps modulation is performed using this technique.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical modulation; optical variables measurement; stimulated Brillouin scattering; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; complex optical spectrum; complex spectrum analysis; digitally modulated signals; stimulated brillouin scattering; time resolved chirp measurements; Brillouin scattering; Chirp modulation; Digital modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Performance evaluation; Signal resolution; Stimulated emission; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528681
