Title :
Fast residual chromatic dispersion monitoring for dynamic burst networks
Author :
Meflah, Lamia ; Thomsen, Benn ; Mitchell, John ; Bayvel, Polina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London
Abstract :
This paper presents experimental results of a novel method for residual dispersion monitoring in 40 Gbit/s systems. The measurement time of this implementation is in the order of 10 mus, making this scheme applicable to dynamically reconfigurable burst networks
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 mus; 40 Gbit/s; WDM system; dynamic burst networks; fast chromatic dispersion monitoring; reconfigurable burst networks; residual dispersion monitoring; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Chromatic dispersion; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical network units; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Photodiodes; Time measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215582
