Title :
System outage probability due to the combined effect of PMD and PDL
Author :
Lu, Ping ; Chen, Liang ; Bao, Xiaoyi
Author_Institution :
Fiber Opt. Group, Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The system outage probability induced by polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependent loss (PDL) is studied by Monte Carlo simulations using a new waveplate model. The previous waveplate model gives zero PMD and PDL probability densities when PMD and PDL exceed certain values, while our new model does not have such a limitation. It is shown that the system outage probability strongly depends on the interaction of PMD and PDL and the acceptable PMD limit drops significantly with the increase of PDL.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; probability; Monte Carlo simulations; PDL probability densities; fiber optic communication systems; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; system outage probability; waveplate model; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Degradation; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical retarders; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2002.804258
