Simultaneous multi-channel OSNR monitoring with a wavelength selective switch

doi:10.1364/OE.18.022299

Simultaneous multi-channel OSNR monitoring with a wavelength selective switch

Jochen Schröder, Owen Brasier, Trung D. Vo, Michaël A. F. Roelens, Steve Frisken, and Benjamin J. Eggleton »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 21, pp. 22299-22304 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.022299

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Abstract

We show the first simultaneous OSNR monitoring of two 40 Gb/s OOK and DPSK channels, using only a wavelength selective switch and two slow photodetectors. Our approach is modulation format and bit-rate independent and can easily be included in existing reconfigurable networks.

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: August 16, 2010
Revised Manuscript: September 24, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: September 30, 2010
Published: October 6, 2010

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Jochen Schröder, Owen Brasier, Trung D. Vo, Michaël A. F. Roelens, Steve Frisken, and Benjamin J. Eggleton, "Simultaneous multi-channel OSNR monitoring with a wavelength selective switch," Opt. Express 18, 22299-22304 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-21-22299

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