title: Optical performance monitoring using the novel parametric asynchronous eye diagram.
abstract: In this paper we present a novel technique, based in what we have called Parametric Asynchronous Eye Diagram (PAED). We have used a simulation scheme, which includes a differentiator and an Artificial Neural Network to monitor simultaneously several impairments such as Chromatic Dispersion, Polarization Mode Dispersion and Optical Signal to Noise Ratio. A number of modulation formats, including NRZ, RZ and QPSK is used in the computation of results. This paper also demonstrates the effectiveness of this technique in monitoring with one single device, mixed traffic, with different bit rates and On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation formats traveling through the network.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, P-3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. vitor.ribeiro@ua.pt
authors.forename: Vìtor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: António L J
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation