Title :
Estimation of eye penalty and PMD from frequency-resolved in-situ SOP measurements
Author :
Boroditsky, Misha ; Brodsky, Misha ; Frigo, Nicholas J. ; Magill, Peter ; Evankow, Joe
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs. Res., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We introduce frequency-resolved in-situ measurements of the output state-of-polarization ´strings´ of an optical signal in operating 10 Gb/s channels, and show they permit estimation of the PMD-induced eye penalty, but, paradoxically, not the PMD vector itself.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; 10 Gbit/s; PMD; eye penalty estimation; frequency-resolved measurements; in-situ SOP measurements; optical telecommunication systems; output state-of-polarization; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; High speed optical techniques; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363124
