All-optical chromatic dispersion monitoring for phase-modulated signals utilizing cross-phase modulation in a highly nonlinear fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1642-1644

  Yang, J Y ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Wu, X ^a   Yilmaz, O F ^a   Zhang, B ^a   Willner, A E ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion (CD); Cross phase modulation (XPM); Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK); Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; MODULATION; MONITORING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; POWER SPECTRUM; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

ALL-OPTICAL; BIT RATES; CHROMATIC DISPERSION (CD); CHROMATIC DISPERSION MONITORING; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CROSS-PHASE MODULATION; CROSS-PHASE MODULATION (XPM); DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (DPSK); DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (DQPSK); HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBER; INPUT SIGNALS; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL POWERS; OPTICAL SPECTRUM; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PHASE-MODULATED SIGNALS; RETURN-TO-ZERO; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 52149097619     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2002740     Document Type: Article

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