title: Optical performance monitoring technique using asynchronous amplitude and phase histograms.
abstract: We report a new optical performance monitoring technique based on the amplitude and phase histograms of the optical signal. The amplitude and phase histograms are obtained by using an intradyne receiver and the asynchronous delay-tap sampling method. From these histograms, we can evaluate the amplitude and phase Q-factors of the optical signal regardless of its modulation format. In addition, by using these Q-factors, we can estimate the bit-error rate (BER) of the monitoring signal.
authors.affiliation: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 335 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takushima
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D055096:Optical Devices; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted