Title :
CD/PMD-Insensitive optical performance monitoring of OSNR degradation in an 80-Gb/s pol-muxed RZ-DPSK system
Author :
Yang, J.-Y. ; Zhang, L. ; Yue, Y. ; Arbab, V.R. ; Agarwal, A. ; Paraschis, L. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an OSNR monitoring technique for 80-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed RZ-DPSK utilizing narrowband optical filter and RF spectrum analysis. Maximum RF power increment of 19.7 dB, insensitive to CD and PMD, is measured for monitoring of OSNR up to 27 dB.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical filters; CD/PMD-insensitive optical performance monitoring; OSNR monitoring technique; RF spectrum analysis; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; optical filter; polarization-multiplexed RZ-DPSK system; Degradation; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688731
