Monitoring optical network performance degradation due to amplifier noise

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1171-1178

  Kilper, D C ^a   Weingartner, W ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault location; Networks; Noise measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical performance monitoring (OPM)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIER NOISE;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 0041592633     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810919     Document Type: Article

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