Title :
Polarization statistics of crosstalk-induced noise in transparent lightwave networks
Author :
Goldstein, E.L. ; Eskildsen, L. ; Lin, C. ; Silberberg, Y.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
In transparent lightwave networks, small component-crosstalk imperfections are known to generate interferometric noise levels that are significant under the worst case of matched signal and crosstalk polarizations, but vanish for orthogonal polarizations. We show that, contrary to intuition, performance under random polarizations is skewed toward worst-case, and that deployed networks must accordingly be designed for it.<>
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light interferometers; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical noise; statistical analysis; crosstalk-induced noise; interferometric noise levels; matched signal/crosstalk polarizations; orthogonal polarizations; polarization statistics; random polarizations; small component-crosstalk imperfections; transparent lightwave networks; Crosstalk; Intelligent networks; Noise generators; Noise level; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; RF signals; Radio frequency; Springs; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
