Title :
Spread-spectrum chromatic dispersion monitoring technique for flexible bandwidth channels
Author :
Cai, Xinran R. ; Geisler, David J. ; Proietti, Roberto ; Yin, Yawei ; Scott, Ryan P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We exploit an in-band, 50-MHz supervisory channel for chromatic dispersion monitoring of variable-bandwidth flexpaths. Results show monitoring optimization tradeoffs and dispersion measurements for a 400-GHz flexpath with up to 100-km link lengths.
Keywords :
optical communication; optical dispersion; optical variables measurement; spread spectrum communication; dispersion measurements; flexible bandwidth channels; frequency 50 MHz; optimization tradeoffs; spread-spectrum chromatic dispersion monitoring; supervisory channel; variable-bandwidth flexpaths; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Low pass filters; Mixers; Monitoring; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
