Adding OSNR monitoring functionality on AWG based power monitoring circuits

Author

Wenlu Chen ; Zhong, Shan ; Zhu, Zhonghua ; Wei Chen ; Chen, Wenlu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Baltimore Univ., MD, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

668

Lastpage

670

Abstract

We have developed a simple scheme to implement optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) monitoring on planar waveguide or arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) based channel power monitoring circuits. Simulation and experiment have demonstrated that our proposal will yield better OSNR monitoring range comparing with traditional tunable filter solutions. The combination of AWG and periodic notch filter makes it more immune to neighbor channel influence, and further improves the OSNR monitoring accuracy.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optoelectronics; monitoring; notch filters; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; telecommunication channels; AWG based channel power monitoring circuits; AWG based power monitoring circuits; OSNR monitoring accuracy; OSNR monitoring functionality; OSNR monitoring range; channel influence; optical signal to noise ratio monitoring; periodic notch filter; planar waveguide circuits; tunable filter solutions; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Monitoring; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036636

Filename

1036636