In-band OSNR Measurement based on Spectral Correlation

Conference: Photonische Netze - 11. ITG-Fachtagung
05/03/2010 - 05/04/2010 at Leipzig, Germany

Proceedings: Photonische Netze

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Grupp, Wolfgang (JDSU Deutschland GmbH, Eningen u. A., Germany)

Abstract:
The in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is a fundamental performance metric for WDM transmission systems. This paper presents a new approach for measuring the in-band OSNR which is based on the fact that synchronous data signals with a fixed symbol rate 1/T and the channel noise have different correlation properties.