DocumentCode
1068882
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
Volume
15
Issue
1
fYear
2003
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
50
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2002.805861
Filename
1159058
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