DocumentCode
3443379
Title
Real-Time All-Order PMD Measurement Using Spectral Interference
Author
Dogariu, Arthur ; Ji, Philip N. ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ
fYear
2008
fDate
28-30 April 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We present a novel technique to measure the real-time differential optical phase spectrum from spectral interference pattern. Good measurement results are obtained on both linear and nonlinear cases through experiment and analytical simulation. From these measured results we can obtain accurate all order PMD information for the optical signal and correspondingly compensate the impairment in optical transmission links and WDM networks.
Keywords
interference (signal); light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD measurement; WDM networks; optical signal; optical transmission links; polarization mode dispersion; real-time differential optical phase spectrum; spectral interference pattern; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Interference; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Phase measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sarnoff Symposium, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1843-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SARNOF.2008.4520104
Filename
4520104
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