Title :
Method to measure and estimate total outage probability for PMD-impaired systems
Author :
Damask, J.N. ; Gray, G. ; Leo, P. ; Simer, G. ; Rochford, K. ; Veasey, D.
Author_Institution :
Yafo Networks, Hanover, MD, USA
Abstract :
A programmable polarization-mode-dispersion (PMD) source is used to measure receiver performance in the presence of first- and second-order PMD. Combined with scalable joint probability-distribution functions of PMD statistics, total outage probability can be estimated.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical receivers; PMD-impaired systems; bit-error-rate map; first-order PMD; programmable polarization-mode-dispersion source; pseudorandom binary sequence; receiver performance; scalable joint probability-distribution functions; second-order PMD; total outage probability estimation; Birefringence; Bit error rate; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability; Statistics; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.805861
