Title :
Application of self-phase modulation and optical filtering to measurement of residual chromatic dispersion
Author :
Westbrook, P.S. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Her, T. ; Raybon, G. ; Hunsche, S.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Fiber Solutions, Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We have examined a dispersion monitoring technique using spectral filtering of an SPM-broadened RZ data stream to measure residual pulse dispersion. Our results indicate that spectral broadening is a good measure of residual dispersion, and is directly correlated with dispersion related receiver impairment. The method works well over a range of relevant BER penalties and is limited only by interpulse interference at large pulse dispersion.
Keywords :
monitoring; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical filters; optical receivers; BER penalties; SPM-broadened RZ data stream; dispersion monitoring technique; dispersion related receiver impairment; interpulse interference; large pulse dispersion; residual pulse dispersion; spectral filtering; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Filtering; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036400
