Title :
In-service monitoring of chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion for RZ-DPSK signal based asynchronous amplitude histogram evaluation
Author :
Li, Zhihong ; Li, Guifang
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, CREOL, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an in-service monitoring technique based on asynchronous amplitude histogram evaluation for RZ-DPSK signals that can monitor chromatic dispersion and polarization-mode dispersion simultaneously. The principle of operation was studied and verified by experiments.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; monitoring; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; RZ-DPSK signal; asynchronous amplitude histogram; chromatic dispersion; in-service monitoring; polarization-mode dispersion; Chromatic dispersion; Histograms; Monitoring; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215583
