Title :
Multi-Channel OSNR Monitoring for WDM Networks
Author :
Petersson, Mats ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Olsson, Bengt-Erik ; Karlsson, Magnus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg
Abstract :
The advantages of adding polarization analysis to the conventional methods for monitoring the performance of WDM systems are discussed. Measurements on a 600 km commercial WDM system performed with a wavelength selective polarimeter are presented
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; polarimetry; wavelength division multiplexing; 600 km; OSNR monitoring; WDM networks; multichannel monitoring; polarization analysis; wavelength selective polarimeter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
