DocumentCode
398950
Title
Experimental importance sampling using a 3-section PMD emulator with programmable DGD elements
Author
Yan, L.S. ; Hauer, M. ; Willner, A.E. ; Shi, Y. ; Yao, X. ; Kath, W.L.
Author_Institution
Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
421
Abstract
We experimentally employ importance sampling techniques using three programmable differential group delay (DGD) elements to obtain rare polarization mode dispersion (PMD) events with probabilities as low as 10-24 with only 1000 random samples. Our method does not require deterministic control of the polarization coupling between sections.
Keywords
delay-differential systems; importance sampling; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; importance sampling; polarization coupling; polarization mode dispersion; programmable differential group delay elements; random samples; Birefringence; Computer simulation; Design for disassembly; Electric variables control; Frequency; Light scattering; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber polarization; Probability distribution; Statistics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248312
Filename
1248312
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