Title :
Channel monitoring in WDM systems by utilizing polarization scrambling
Author :
Sköld, Mats ; Olsson, Bengt-Erik ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel technique for channel monitoring in polarization scrambled WDM systems using only a polarizer and a detector at the monitoring node. Information about the system polarization properties is also obtained.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical polarisers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; channel monitoring; detector; polarization scrambling; polarizer;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
