OSNR System Margin Estimation by Nonlinear Noise Insensitive OSNR Monitor

Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Proceedings: ECOC 2016

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Yamauchi, Tomohiro; Hoshida, Takeshi; Rasmussen, Jens C. (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan)
Oda, Shoichiro; Aoki, Yasuhiko (Fujitsu Limited, 1-1 Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8588, Japan)
Dou, Liang; Su, Xiaofei; Tao, Zhenning (Fujitsu Research and Development Center, 3F, Space 8, Pacific Century Place, Gong Ti Bei Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100027, China)

Abstract:
We propose an OSNR system margin estimation technique based on nonlinear noise insensitive OSNR monitoring. We experimentally demonstrate its accuracy less than 0.7dB estimation error for five-subcarrier DP-16QAM superchannel in dispersion-uncompensated transmission with various fiber launched power and various reaches.