In-band OSNR and chromatic dispersion monitoring using a fibre optical parametric amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5542-5552

  Ng, T T ^a   Blows, J L ^a   Rochette, M ^a   Bolger, J A ^a   Littler, I ^a   Eggleton, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITION MONITORING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE) NOISE; CHROMATIC DISPERSION (CD); DISPERSION COMPENSATORS; FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; NETWORK ROUTERS; NONLINEAR POWER TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (OSNR);

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 22744438422     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005542     Document Type: Article

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