Title :
Multicanonical Evaluation of the Tails of the Probability Density Function of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Output Power Fluctuations
Author :
Tromborg, Bjarne ; Reimer, Michael ; Yevick, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
This paper presents a multicanonical Monte Carlo method for simulating the tails of a probability density function (pdf) of the filtered output power from a semiconductor optical amplifier down to values of the order of 10-40. The influence of memory effects on the pdf is examined in order to demonstrate the manner in which the calculated pdf approaches the true pdf with increasing integration time. The simulated pdf is shown to be in good agreement with a second-order analytic expression for the pdf.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; fluctuations; semiconductor optical amplifiers; multicanonical Monte Carlo method; power fluctuations; probability density function; second order analytic expression; semiconductor optical amplifier; tail simulation; Fluctuations; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical noise; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Probability density function; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tail; Microcanonical Monte Carlo; noise; optical communications; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2009.2026724
