Title :
Statistical analysis of soliton robustness to polarisation-mode dispersion
Author :
Xie, C. ; Karlsson, M. ; Andrekson, P.A. ; Sunnerud, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
8/31/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The statistical characteristics of soliton robustness to polarisation-mode dispersion (PMD) in fibres are investigated numerically. It is found that the soliton robustness to PMD has a strong dependence on both chromatic dispersion and soliton energy
Keywords :
optical communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; statistical analysis; chromatic dispersion; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical soliton energy; polarisation-mode dispersion; soliton robustness; statistical analysis; statistical characteristics;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001085
