Title : 
DOP-based PMD monitoring in optical subcarrier multiplexed systems by carrier/ sideband equalization
         
        
            Author : 
Motaghian Nezam, S.M.R. ; McGeehan, J. ; Willner, A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We use an optical filter to equalize the power of the carrier and one of the sidebands, enabling demonstration of a novel PMD monitor for both single-and double-sideband SCM systems using DOP as the monitoring signal.
         
        
            Keywords : 
monitoring; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical filters; subcarrier multiplexing; DOP; PMD monitoring; SCM system; carrier equalization; optical filter; optical subcarrier multiplexed systems; sideband equalization; Band pass filters; Chromatic dispersion; Clocks; Filtering; Monitoring; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Radio frequency;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-746-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248436