Title :
Simplified Calculation of System Outage Caused by Polarization-Mode Dispersion
Author :
Heffner, Brian L.
Author_Institution :
StrataLight Commun., Los Gatos, CA
fDate :
6/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Measuring system outage probability using known combinations of first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) is a powerful technique that has been difficult to implement due to the obstacle of approximating the joint probability density function (PDF) of PMD. We describe a closed-form approximation to this joint PDF in terms of elementary functions and assess its accuracy by comparison with a previous numerical integration and by comparing marginalizations of the approximation to known theoretical distributions. We then present a simple calculation of PMD-induced outage probability based upon measured performance.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Monte Carlo methods; optical fiber communication; polarization-mode dispersion; probability density function; system outage; Bit rate; Discrete event simulation; Histograms; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability density function; Time measurement; Monte Carlo methods; optical fiber communication; outage probability; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.924295
