Title :
Measurement of Phase-Distribution of Phase-Modulated Optical Signals using Delayed Self-Homodyne Detection
Author :
Tanimura, Kazunori ; Ohta, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, 2-9-32 Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8750, Japan E-mail: Kazunori.Tanimura@jp.yokogawa.com
Abstract :
We describe a technique for measuring the phase-distribution of optical signals without requiring an optical reference using delayed self-homodyne detection. The intended phase distributions of 40-Gbit/s RZ-DPSK and -DQPSK were obtained experimentally.
Keywords :
Data acquisition; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical signal processing; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800896
