简介:Opticalperformancemonitoringusingasynchronousopticalorelectricalsamplinghasgainedconsiderableattention.Relativeclockwanderbetweendatasignalandsamplingsourceisatypicaloccurrenceinsuchsystems.Amethodforthequantitativemonitoringoftherelativeclockwanderinasynchronousopticalundersamplingsystemispresented.Withaseriesofsimulations,theclockwandersrecoveredusingthismethodareingoodagreementwiththepresetclockwandersofdifferentamountsandfrequenciesforbothRZandNRZsignals.Hence,thereliabilityandrobustnessofthemethodareproven.