Time Resolved Chirp Measurement Based on a Polarization-Maintaining Fiber

In high-speed optical networks, quantifying both the intensity and the frequency behaviors of optical signals has become a crucial task to evaluate transmission performance. In this letter, we report on a new technique to characterize optical signals. It is based on low-cost components and its opera...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 27; no. 14; pp. 1557 - 1560
Main Authors Chaibi, Mohamed Essghair, Hoang Trung Nguyen, Gosset, Christophe, Grillot, Frederic, Erasme, Didier
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 15.07.2015
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Chirp
Engineering Sciences
Frequency chirp
Frequency measurement
Frequency modulation
Interferometry
Optical interferometry
Optical modulation
Optical polarization
Optical transmitters
Optics
Photonic
Polarization-Maintaining Fiber
Frequency chirp
polarization-maintaining fiber
interferometry
polarizationmaintaining fiber
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Summary:In high-speed optical networks, quantifying both the intensity and the frequency behaviors of optical signals has become a crucial task to evaluate transmission performance. In this letter, we report on a new technique to characterize optical signals. It is based on low-cost components and its operating mode is easy to provide accurate and fast measurements. The proposed technique is experimentally validated with signals whose characteristics are known. It is also tested with different optical transmitters.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2015.2431853