Title :
An experimental approach to multicanonical sampling
Author :
Lu, Tao ; Yevick, David O. ; Yan, Lianshan ; Zhang, Bo ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We determine experimentally, to our knowledge for the first time, the probability distribution functions (pdfs) of a general stochastic system through multicanonical sampling. Our specific implementation relates to a fiber-based polarization-mode dispersion emulator and yields the pdf of the differential group delay for probabilities to 10-6 with only 8000 samples.
Keywords :
importance sampling; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; stochastic systems; differential group delay; multicanonical sampling; polarization-mode dispersion emulator; probability distribution functions; stochastic system; Analytical models; Delay; Histograms; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability distribution; Sampling methods; Stochastic systems;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.829769
