Simple Q factor monitoring for BER estimation using opened eye diagrams captured by high-speed asynchronous electrooptical sampling

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 620-622

  Shake, Ippei ^a   Takara, Hidehiko ^a   Kawanishi, Satoki ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asynchronous sampling; Bit error rate (BER) estimation; Eye diagrams; Q factor; Signal quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ASYNCHRONOUS ELECTROOPTICAL SAMPLING; HIGH SPEED ELECTROOPTICAL SAMPLING; SIGNAL QUALITY MONITORING;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0037389219     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809316     Document Type: Article

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