Title :
Statistics of PMD in recirculating loops
Author :
Petersson, Mats ; Vinegoni, Claudio ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
The statistical distribution of polarization-mode dispersion in a recirculating loop is investigated. Numerical simulations are performed in both Jones and Stokes space and are verified by experiments. The probability distribution of the differential group delay (DGD) is obtained numerically, theoretically, and experimentally. As the number of circulations increase, the probability density function of the DGD approaches a uniform distribution.
Keywords :
matrix algebra; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; statistical analysis; Jones space; Stokes space; differential group delay; numerical simulations; polarization-mode dispersion; probability density function; probability distribution; recirculating loops; statistical distribution; uniform distribution; Birefringence; Delay effects; Laboratories; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.818681
