Scalable polarization-mode dispersion emulator with proper first- and second-order statistics

Author

Lizé, Yannick Keith ; Palmer, Leigh ; Godbout, Nicolas ; Lacroix, Suzanne ; Kashyap, Raman

Author_Institution

Adv. Photonics Lab., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2451

Lastpage

2453

Abstract

We present a novel polarization-mode dispersion emulator design that overcomes the scalability issue limiting conventional concatenated-section emulators by replacing the multiple mode coupling stages with a single modified Lefe`vre polarization controller (PC). We demonstrate that undesirable correlation in the sections PC transfer functions can be mitigated through proper optimization of the free design parameters. Monte Carlo simulations and experimental results confirm that first- and second-order statistics for rare events are accurately emulated in a compact low-cost device.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Lefevre polarization controller; Monte Carlo simulation; multiple mode coupling; polarization-mode dispersion emulator; Australia; Delay; Design optimization; Higher order statistics; Laboratories; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Scalability; Transfer functions; Differential group delay (DGD); emulator optical communications; polarization controller (PC); polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.857600

Filename

1522350