• DocumentCode
    449261
  • Title

    Channel monitoring in WDM systems by utilizing polarization scrambling

  • Author

    Sköld, Mats ; Olsson, Bengt-Erik ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    719
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel technique for channel monitoring in polarization scrambled WDM systems using only a polarizer and a detector at the monitoring node. Information about the system polarization properties is also obtained.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical polarisers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; channel monitoring; detector; polarization scrambling; polarizer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1576476