Title :
Full PMD vector measured directly from modulated data using Linear Optical Sampling
Author :
Williams, Paul A. ; Dennis, Tasshi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new technique to monitor the polarization-mode dispersion in a fiber communication channel by analyzing the modulated data at the fiber output measured with polarization-sensitive linear optical sampling (PS-LOS).
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; sampling methods; telecommunication channels; PMD vector; PS-LOS; data modulation; fiber communication channel; polarization-mode dispersion; polarization-sensitive linear optical sampling; Fiber lasers; Frequency dependence; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Sampling methods; Signal resolution; Vectors; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topical Meeting, 2009. LEOSST '09. IEEE/LEOS
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3913-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2009.5226203
