Pulse propagation in fibers with polarization-mode dispersion

Author

Savory, S.J. ; Payne, F.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

350

Lastpage

357

Abstract

The propagation of pulses in optical fibers with polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is considered. The approach taken differs from those previously used, adapting Marcuse´s perturbation method to analyze pulse dispersion rather than using Jones matrices or Stokes parameters. This allows the complex stochastic partial differential equations to be reduced to a simple propagation equation for the pulse power. This may be solved to obtain the transfer function of the fiber. The impact of PMD on optical fiber communications systems is considered, with the effect on pulsewidth and eye closure calculated. Finally, the statistical behavior of the phenomenon is considered to calculate the system outage probability due to PMD

Keywords

matrix algebra; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; partial differential equations; probability; stochastic processes; Jones matrices; Marcuse´s perturbation method; Stokes parameters; eye closure; fibre pulse propagation; optical fiber communications systems; optical fibers; polarization-mode dispersion; pulse dispersion; pulse powe; pulsewidth; simple propagation equation; statistical behavior; stochastic partial differential equations; system outage probability; transfer function; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Partial differential equations; Perturbation methods; Polarization mode dispersion; Stokes parameters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.918887

Filename

918887