Proactive and Nondisruptive Channel Probing for Wavelength Switching in Optical Transmission

Proactive and nondisruptive channel probing is investigated for the measurement of channel power, amplifier channel gain, and optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) without disrupting established wavelength-division multiplexed channels. Using a nondisruptive probe signal over a three-span link, wavel...

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Main Authors: Weiyang Mo, Mariya Bhopalwala, Houman Rastegarfar, Daniel C. Kilper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8107683/
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Summary:Proactive and nondisruptive channel probing is investigated for the measurement of channel power, amplifier channel gain, and optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) without disrupting established wavelength-division multiplexed channels. Using a nondisruptive probe signal over a three-span link, wavelength switching-induced power excursions are predicted to be within ±0.2 dB, and OSNR as high as 20 dB is accurately measured with a maximum of 0.5 dB error.
ISSN:1943-0655