• DocumentCode
    600561
  • Title

    Integrated in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) monitor implemented in SOI platform

  • Author

    Lianxi Jia ; Junfeng Song ; Tsung-Yang Liow ; Mingbin Yu ; Lo, G.Q. ; Dim-Lee Kwong

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency of Sci. & Technol. Res.), Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Based on the different coherence properties of signal and noise, we measured the in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio using integrated thermally tunable Mach-Zehnder optical delay interferometer in SOI platform. The experimental results show good bit-rate-independent property.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; light coherence; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder optical delay interferometer; OSNR; SOI; coherence properties; in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio; optical signal-to-noise ratio monitor; silicon-on-insulator; Monitoring; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6476384