• DocumentCode
    1042824
  • Title

    An experimental approach to multicanonical sampling

  • Author

    Lu, Tao ; Yevick, David O. ; Yan, Lianshan ; Zhang, Bo ; Willner, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1978
  • Lastpage
    1980
  • Abstract
    We determine experimentally, to our knowledge for the first time, the probability distribution functions (pdfs) of a general stochastic system through multicanonical sampling. Our specific implementation relates to a fiber-based polarization-mode dispersion emulator and yields the pdf of the differential group delay for probabilities to 10-6 with only 8000 samples.
  • Keywords
    importance sampling; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; stochastic systems; differential group delay; multicanonical sampling; polarization-mode dispersion emulator; probability distribution functions; stochastic system; Analytical models; Delay; Histograms; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability distribution; Sampling methods; Stochastic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.829769
  • Filename
    1316987
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1042824