Title :
In-service monitoring of PMD induced optical signal degradation using SOP vector trajectory on the Poincare Sphere for high-speed reconfigurable optical networks
Author :
Takeshita, Hitoshi ; Fukuchi, Kiyoshi ; Shioiri, Satomi ; De Gabory, Emmanuel L T
Author_Institution :
Syst. Platforms Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
We studied an in-service signal quality estimation method by using wavelength resolved SOP vector trajectories on Poincare sphere and successfully distinguished PMD induced signal degradation with sufficient accuracy from the other signal degradation factors.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; PMD; Poincare sphere; SOP vector trajectory; high speed reconfigurable optical networks; in-service monitoring; in-service signal quality estimation method; optical signal degradation; polarization mode dispersion; state-of-polarization; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Degradation; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Polarization; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
