Performance Monitoring in Optical Networks Using Stokes Parameters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 686-688

  Petersson, Mats ^a   Sunnerud, Henrik ^a,b   Karlsson, Magnus ^a,b   Olsson, Bengt Erik ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Accilon AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR); Performance monitoring; Stokes parameters; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSPONDERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (OSNR); PERFORMANCE MONITORING; STOKES PARAMETERS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 1442312195     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.822244     Document Type: Article

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