• DocumentCode
    3527529
  • Title

    Duration of PMD-induced system outages

  • Author

    Antonelli, C. ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Brodsky, Maryjane

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. e dell´Inf., Univ. Dell´Aquila, L´Aquila, Italy
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We characterize the statistics of the system outage duration caused by polarization-mode dispersion. The numerical results are validated with experimental data obtained in an installed fiber system.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; PMD-induced system outages; polarization-mode dispersion; Autocorrelation; Birefringence; Fluctuations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Predictive models; Probability; Shape measurement; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528541
  • Filename
    4528541