Calculations of outage probabilities due to PMD using importance sampling

Author

Kath, William L. ; Biondini, Gino ; Lima, Ivan P. ; Marks, Brian S. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci. & Appl. Math., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

604

Abstract

We have shown how importance-sampled Monte-Carlo simulations provide an efficient method for computing the tails of the differential group delay (DGD) probability distribution due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). We have also applied this technique to study PMD compensators with an arbitrarily rotatable polarization controller and a single, fixed DGD element, demonstrating that for realistic power penalties the optimal DGD value used in the compensator can be two to three times larger than the mean DGD

Keywords

birefringence; compensation; importance sampling; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; probability; wavelength division multiplexing; Monte-Carlo simulations; WDM; average penalty; compensators; cumulative distribution function; differential group delay; discrete birefringent sections; importance sampling; optical fiber transmission; outage probabilities; per channel data rates; polarization-mode dispersion; probability density function; Birefringence; Computer science; Discrete event simulation; Mathematics; Milling machines; Monte Carlo methods; Polarization; Powders; Probability; Tail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.968960

Filename

968960