Chromatic-Dispersion-Monitoring Scheme Using a Mach--Zehnder Interferometer and Q-Factor Calculation

Vitor Ribeiro; Mario Lima; Antonio Teixeira

doi:10.1364/JOCN.2.000010

Chromatic-Dispersion-Monitoring Scheme Using a Mach--Zehnder Interferometer and Q-Factor Calculation

Vitor Ribeiro, Mario Lima, Antonio Teixeira

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper we propose what we believe to be a novel method for monitoring chromatic dispersion (CD). We use radio-frequency (RF) power monitoring and Q-factor monitoring. We use a method for capturing opened eye diagrams with high-speed electro-optical sampling. This allows the calculation of the Q factor, here used to signal the correct CD. Simulation results show that with this method it is possible to have monitoring windows up to 2040 ps/nm at 40 Gbits/s, using the return-to-zero (RZ) and carrier-suppressed return-to-zero (CSRZ) modulation formats. For that to happen we just need to increase the number of iterations and the monitoring window of the variable dispersion compensator (VDC) algorithm explained further. With this method we obtain a high monitoring sensitivity of 0.3363 dB/(ps/nm).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10 - 19
Journal	Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.2.000010
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Access to Document

10.1364/JOCN.2.000010

Cite this

@article{8a3d031263d64896a19a545dd4422299,

title = "Chromatic-Dispersion-Monitoring Scheme Using a Mach--Zehnder Interferometer and Q-Factor Calculation",

abstract = "In this paper we propose what we believe to be a novel method for monitoring chromatic dispersion (CD). We use radio-frequency (RF) power monitoring and Q-factor monitoring. We use a method for capturing opened eye diagrams with high-speed electro-optical sampling. This allows the calculation of the Q factor, here used to signal the correct CD. Simulation results show that with this method it is possible to have monitoring windows up to 2040 ps/nm at 40 Gbits/s, using the return-to-zero (RZ) and carrier-suppressed return-to-zero (CSRZ) modulation formats. For that to happen we just need to increase the number of iterations and the monitoring window of the variable dispersion compensator (VDC) algorithm explained further. With this method we obtain a high monitoring sensitivity of 0.3363 dB/(ps/nm).",

author = "Vitor Ribeiro and Mario Lima and Antonio Teixeira",

year = "2010",

month = jan,

doi = "10.1364/JOCN.2.000010",

language = "English",

volume = "2",

pages = "10 -- 19",

journal = "Journal of Optical Communications and Networking",

publisher = "The Optical Society",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Chromatic-Dispersion-Monitoring Scheme Using a Mach--Zehnder Interferometer and Q-Factor Calculation

AU - Ribeiro, Vitor

AU - Lima, Mario

AU - Teixeira, Antonio

PY - 2010/1

Y1 - 2010/1

N2 - In this paper we propose what we believe to be a novel method for monitoring chromatic dispersion (CD). We use radio-frequency (RF) power monitoring and Q-factor monitoring. We use a method for capturing opened eye diagrams with high-speed electro-optical sampling. This allows the calculation of the Q factor, here used to signal the correct CD. Simulation results show that with this method it is possible to have monitoring windows up to 2040 ps/nm at 40 Gbits/s, using the return-to-zero (RZ) and carrier-suppressed return-to-zero (CSRZ) modulation formats. For that to happen we just need to increase the number of iterations and the monitoring window of the variable dispersion compensator (VDC) algorithm explained further. With this method we obtain a high monitoring sensitivity of 0.3363 dB/(ps/nm).

AB - In this paper we propose what we believe to be a novel method for monitoring chromatic dispersion (CD). We use radio-frequency (RF) power monitoring and Q-factor monitoring. We use a method for capturing opened eye diagrams with high-speed electro-optical sampling. This allows the calculation of the Q factor, here used to signal the correct CD. Simulation results show that with this method it is possible to have monitoring windows up to 2040 ps/nm at 40 Gbits/s, using the return-to-zero (RZ) and carrier-suppressed return-to-zero (CSRZ) modulation formats. For that to happen we just need to increase the number of iterations and the monitoring window of the variable dispersion compensator (VDC) algorithm explained further. With this method we obtain a high monitoring sensitivity of 0.3363 dB/(ps/nm).

UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5434706

U2 - 10.1364/JOCN.2.000010

DO - 10.1364/JOCN.2.000010

M3 - Article

VL - 2

SP - 10

EP - 19

JO - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

JF - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

IS - 1

ER -

Chromatic-Dispersion-Monitoring Scheme Using a Mach--Zehnder Interferometer and Q-Factor Calculation

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this