Title :
Measurement of link DGD without polarization scrambling using the degree of polarization and symmetric/asymmetric partial optical filtering
Author :
Nezam, S. M R Motaghian ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We show a technique for DOP-based DGD-measurement that does not require polarization scrambling at the transmitter that uses partial-optical-filtering in the monitoring tapline. This technique is simple, input-SOP-independent, and has a wide DGD-measurement range.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; optical links; optical transmitters; optical variables measurement; DGD measurement; degree of polarization; partial optical filtering; polarization scrambling; tapline monitoring; transmitter; Filtering; Monitoring; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253101
