Title :
Novel in-band OSNR monitoring system based on a polarization interferometer
Author :
J. J. Martínez;M. I. Roche;A. Villafranca;C. D. Heras;J. M. Subías;J. Pelayo;I. Garcés;P. Blasco;E. Pellejer
Author_Institution :
Vhotonics Technologies Group - Universidad de Zaragoza, PT Walqa, 22197 Cuarte (Huesca) Spain
Abstract :
In this communication we propose a OSNR measurement system capable of perform in-band measures of optical noise in OOK/PSK channels. Our design takes advantage of the noise polarization insensibility, using a polarization interferometer to discriminate it from the signals.
Keywords :
"Optical noise","Signal to noise ratio","Optical filters","Monitoring","Photonics","Optical interferometry"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621092
