Nonlinearity-tolerant OSNR estimation technique for coherent optical systems

We demonstrate a novel technique capable of accurately monitoring OSNR even under the influences of fiber nonlinearities. We show that this technique can monitor the OSNR of 112-Gb/s PDM-QPSK signals with accuracy of 1.3 dB.

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