Title :
SOP and PMD monitoring with WDM polarimeter
Author :
Möller, L. ; Westbrook, P. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Dutta, R. ; Wielandy, S.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
6/6/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A broadband WDM polarimeter is used in online determination of the state of polarisation (SOPs) of WDM channels. Wavelength resolved SOP measurements and the degree of polarisation of a single channel indicate signal distortions which are caused by PMD, and may be applied to multi channel PMD compensation
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; polarimeters; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD monitoring; SOP monitoring; WDM channel; broadband WDM polarimeter; degree of polarisation; multi-channel compensation; on-line measurement; optical fibre communication; polarisation mode dispersion; single-channel distortion; state of polarisation; wavelength resolved measurement;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020359
