Statistical PMD emulator using variable DGD elements

Author

Lee, J.H. ; Kim, M.S. ; Chung, Y.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

56

Abstract

We report on a novel polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) emulator with exact Maxwellian statistics. The proposed PMD emulator was implemented by using variable differential group-delay elements and polarization controllers. Unlike the previous PMD emulators, the proposed PMD emulator could generate not only the first-order PMD with exact Maxwellian distribution, but also the second-order PMD.

Keywords

optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; probability; exact Maxwellian statistics; first-order PMD; high-speed optical transmission; polarization controllers; polarization-mode dispersion emulator; probability density function; second-order PMD; statistical PMD emulator; variable DGD elements; variable differential group-delay elements; Birefringence; Crystals; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability distribution; Random variables;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.805789

Filename

1159060