Title :
Simple, low-cost, in-band OSNR monitor based on digital spectral slice manipulation
Author :
Bakaul, Masuduzzaman ; Chakravorty, Rajib ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai
Author_Institution :
Victoria Res. Lab., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
A low-cost in-band OSNR monitor based on digital spectral slice manipulation is proposed and demonstrated. The proposed technique predicts the OSNR from the digital samples of the electrical transform of a high speed optical signal detected via a low-speed photodetector.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical signal detection; photodetectors; digital spectral slice manipulation; high speed optical signal; in-band OSNR monitor; low-speed photodetector; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343079
