Title :
Multicanonical Monte Carlo of first- and second-order PMD
Author :
Fogal, S.L. ; Kath, W.L. ; Biondini, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Sci. & Appl. Math., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
It is shown in this paper that the multicanonical Monte Carlo method can be used to simultaneously compute first- and second-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) statistics, demonstrating that it has the potential to produce results similar to those obtained with importance sampling.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; first-order PMD; first-order polarization mode dispersion; importance sampling; multicanonical Monte Carlo; second-order PMD; second-order polarization mode dispersion; Birefringence; Discrete event simulation; Emulation; Equations; Mathematics; Monte Carlo methods; Polarization; Probability distribution; Random variables; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224304
