Title :
Statistical study of in-band crosstalk noise using the multicanonical Monte Carlo method
Author :
Kamalakis, Thomas ; Varoutas, Dimitris ; Sphicopoulos, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Informatics & Telecommun., Univ. of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Ilyssia, Greece
Abstract :
In-band crosstalk can pose important limitations in an all-optical wavelength-division-multiplexed network. In this letter, the multicanonical Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is applied for the study of the statistical behavior of the in-band crosstalk noise. The proposed method is accurate, efficient, and easy to use. The obtained error probabilities are compared with a previously proposed semianalytical model and are found to be in excellent agreement. The MCMC method is also used to study the asymptotic behavior of in-band crosstalk noise.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; error statistics; optical crosstalk; optical noise; statistical analysis; wavelength division multiplexing; error analysis; error probabilities; in-band crosstalk noise; multicanonical Monte Carlo method; optical receivers; semianalytical model; statistical study; wavelength-division-multiplexing network; Error probability; Filtering; Monte Carlo methods; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.834846
