Title :
OSNR monitoring using two fiber interferometers
Author :
Flood, E. ; Guo, W.H. ; Reid, D. ; Lynch, M. ; Bradley, A.L. ; Barry, L.P. ; Donegan, J.F.
Author_Institution :
Semicond. Photonics Group, Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
In-band OSNR from 5 to 30 dB of a single 10 G NRZ-OOK channel was measured by two fiber interferometers within an accuracy of ±0.5 dB without requirement for knowledge of the noise-free extinction ratio of the signal.
Keywords :
interferometers; optical fibre communication; NRZ-OOK channel; in-band OSNR monitoring; two fiber interferometers; Interferometers; Monitoring; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
