The exact statistics of polarization-dependent loss in fiber-optic links

Author

Galtarossa, Andrea ; Palmieri, Luca

Author_Institution

Dept. Inf. Eng., Univ. di Padova, Italy

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

59

Abstract

We calculate the exact statistical characterization of the accumulated polarization-dependent loss (PDL) of an optical communication system. The results hold for any value of the PDL and, in the limit of low PDL, they agree with the approximate statistical description already reported in a previous letter. In particular, it is shown that the mean PDL grows at most linearly with the distance.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; probability; statistical analysis; Kolmogorov backward equation; Maxwellian probability density function; accumulated polarization-dependent loss; exact statistical characterization; fiber-optic links; optical communication system; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-dependent loss; Birefringence; Differential equations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Page description languages; Random variables; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.805799

Filename

1159061