Simultaneous chromatic dispersion, polarization-mode-dispersion and OSNR monitoring at 40Gbit/s

doi:10.1364/OE.16.015999

Simultaneous chromatic dispersion, polarization-mode-dispersion and OSNR monitoring at 40Gbit/s

Lamia Baker-Meflah, Benn Thomsen, John Mitchell, and Polina Bayvel »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 20, pp. 15999-16004 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.015999

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Abstract

A novel method for independent and simultaneous monitoring of chromatic dispersion (CD), first-order PMD and OSNR in 40Gbit/s systems is proposed and demonstrated. This is performed using in-band tone monitoring of 5GHz, optically down-converted to a low intermediate-frequency (IF) of 10kHz. The measurement provides a large monitoring range with good accuracies for CD (4742±100ps/nm), differential group delay (DGD) (200±4ps) and OSNR (23±1dB), independently of the bit-rate. In addition, the use of electro-absorption modulators (EAM) for the simultaneous down-conversion of all channels and the use of low-speed detectors makes it cost effective for multi-channel operation.

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(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: August 5, 2008
Revised Manuscript: September 12, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: September 15, 2008
Published: September 24, 2008

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Lamia Baker-Meflah, Benn Thomsen, John Mitchell, and Polina Bayvel, "Simultaneous chromatic dispersion, polarization-mode-dispersion and OSNR monitoring at 40Gbit/s," Opt. Express 16, 15999-16004 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-20-15999

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D. C. Kilper, R. Bach, D. J. Blumenthal, D. Einstein, T. Landosli, L. Ostar, M. Preiss, and A. E. Willner, "Optical Performance Monitoring," IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 20, 294-304 (2004). [CrossRef]
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N. Liu, W. D. Zhong, Y. Jing, and Z. Li, "New transmitter configuration for subcarrier multiplexed DPSK systems and its applications to chromatic dispersion monitoring," Opt. Express 15, 839-844 (2007). [PubMed]
K. J. Park, J. H. lee, C. J. Youn, and Y. C. Chung, "A simultaneous monitoring technique for polarization-mode dispersion and group velocity dispersion," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2002 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, 2002), paper WE4. [CrossRef]
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G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear fiber optics (Academic, 2007).
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Bach, R.
Blumenthal, D. J.
Christen, L.
Dimmick, T. E.
Einstein, D.
Fu, B.
Hui, R.
Jing, Y.
Kashyap, R.
Kilper, D. C.
Landosli, T.
Li, Z.
Liu, N.
Lizé, Y. K.
Moller, L.
Nuccio, S.
Ostar, L.
Preiss, M.
Rossi, G.
Saghari, P.
Willner, A. E.
Xie, C.
Yang, J.-Y.
Zhong, W. D.

IEEE J. Lightwave Technol.

D. C. Kilper, R. Bach, D. J. Blumenthal, D. Einstein, T. Landosli, L. Ostar, M. Preiss, and A. E. Willner, "Optical Performance Monitoring," IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 20, 294-304 (2004). [CrossRef]
G. Rossi, T. E. Dimmick, and D. J. Blumenthal, "Optical Performance Monitoring in Reconfigurable WDM Optical Networks Using Subcarrier Multiplexing," IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 18, 1639-1648 (2000). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

Y. K. Lizé, L. Christen, J.-Y. Yang, P. Saghari, S. Nuccio, A. E. Willner, and R. Kashyap, "Independent and simultaneous monitoring of chromatic and polarization-mode dispersion in OOK and DPSK transmission," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 19, 3-5 (2007). [CrossRef]
B. Fu and R. Hui, "Fiber chromatic dispersion and polarization-mode dispersion monitoring using coherent detection," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 1561-1563 (2005). [CrossRef]
C. Xie and L. Moller, "Comparison of different feedback signals for one-stage polarization-mode-dispersion compensators," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 570-572 (2005). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

N. Liu, W. D. Zhong, Y. Jing, and Z. Li, "New transmitter configuration for subcarrier multiplexed DPSK systems and its applications to chromatic dispersion monitoring," Opt. Express 15, 839-844 (2007). [PubMed]

Other

K. J. Park, J. H. lee, C. J. Youn, and Y. C. Chung, "A simultaneous monitoring technique for polarization-mode dispersion and group velocity dispersion," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2002 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, 2002), paper WE4. [CrossRef]
Z. Li and G. Li, "In-service monitoring of chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion for RZ-DPSK signal based on asynchronous amplitude histogram evaluation," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, 2006), paper OWK3.
G. P. Agrawal, Nonlinear fiber optics (Academic, 2007).
H. Kogelnik and R. M. Jopson, Optical fiber telecommunications systems IV-B (Academic, 2002).

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