Title :
Chromatic dispersion-monitoring technique based on phase-sensitive detection
Author :
Campillo, Anthony L.
Author_Institution :
U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel chromatic dispersion-monitoring technique is proposed and demonstrated. A path imbalanced interferometer is used to monitor the intensity to phase conversion of a radio-frequency spectral component of a modulated signal. The measurement range of the technique is independent of the data rate and can be tuned by adjusting the path length difference of the interferometer. An unambiguous measurement range of >2300 ps/nm is demonstrated for a 10-GB/s nonreturn-to-zero signal.
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; radiofrequency spectra; 10 Gbit/s; chromatic dispersion-monitoring; modulated signal; nonreturn-to-zero signal; optical fiber communication; path imbalanced interferometer; path length difference; phase conversion; phase-sensitive detection; radiofrequency spectral component; reconfigurable optical networks; Chromatic dispersion; Intensity modulation; Monitoring; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical transmitters; Phase detection; Phase modulation; Radio frequency; Optical fiber communications; optical fiber dispersion; performance monitoring;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.846575
