• DocumentCode
    3432252
  • 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
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    24-27 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519176
  • Filename
    4519176