Title :
Variation of PMD-induced outage rates and durations with link length on buried standard single-mode fibers
Author :
Kondamuri, Pradeep Kumar ; Allen, Christopher ; Richards, Douglas L.
Author_Institution :
Inf. & Telecommun. Technol. Center, Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA
Abstract :
From first-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) outage analysis using measured differential group delay (DGD) data on buried standard single-mode fibers, we observed that the outage rates increase monotonically with link length, although not linearly.
Keywords :
delays; optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; PMD-induced outage rates; buried standard single-mode fibers; differential group delay; first-order polarization-mode dispersion; link length; outage analysis; Concatenated codes; Length measurement; Maintenance engineering; Measurement standards; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193051
