Proactive and Nondisruptive Channel Probing for Wavelength Switching in Optical Transmission

Weiyang Mo; Mariya Bhopalwala; Houman Rastegarfar; Daniel C. Kilper

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2772242

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2017)

Proactive and Nondisruptive Channel Probing for Wavelength Switching in Optical Transmission

Weiyang Mo,
Mariya Bhopalwala,
Houman Rastegarfar,
Daniel C. Kilper

Affiliations

Weiyang Mo: ORCiD; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Mariya Bhopalwala: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Houman Rastegarfar: ORCiD; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Daniel C. Kilper: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2772242
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 6
pp. 1 – 7

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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.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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