Title :
Highly-sensitive all-optical in-band OSNR monitor using stimulated Brillouin scattering
Author :
Iredale, Timothy B. ; Pelusi, Mark ; Eggleton, Benjaamin J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We present a novel principle for all-optical monitoring of optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) that exploits the effect of in-band noise on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). It shown for NRZ signals it can resolve OSNRs above 40 dB.
Keywords :
monitoring; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical noise; stimulated Brillouin scattering; NRZ signals; SBS; all-optical in-band OSNR monitor; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519176
