• DocumentCode
    1746601
  • Title

    Application of asynchronous amplitude histograms for performance monitoring of RZ signals

  • Author

    Weinert, C.M. ; Schmidt, C. ; Weber, H.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    17-22 March 2001
  • Abstract
    It is shown that error evaluation from asynchronously sampled RZ amplitude histograms is possible for Gaussian noise irrespective of the duty cycle. Non-Gaussian perturbations such as timing jitter can be identified from the shape of the histograms.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian noise; Q-factor; error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical fibre theory; optical noise; performance evaluation; probability; timing jitter; Gaussian noise; RZ signals; asynchronous amplitude histograms; asynchronously sampled return-to-zero amplitude histograms; duty cycle; error evaluation; histogram shape; histograms; nonGaussian perturbations; performance monitoring; return-to-zero signals; timing jitter; Gaussian noise; Histograms; Monitoring; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse shaping; Optical signal processing; Sampling methods; Shape; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    928491