• 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