Calculation of penalties due to polarization effects in a long-haul WDM system using a Stokes parameter model

Author

Wang, D. ; Menyuk, C.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

487

Lastpage

494

Abstract

We derive a Stokes parameter model to calculate the penalties due to the combination of polarization mode dispersion (PMD), polarization dependent loss (PDL), and polarization dependent gain (PDG) in long-haul, dense wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) systems. In this model, we follow the Stokes parameters for the signal and the noise in each channel instead of following the full time domain behavior of each channel. This approach allows us to determine the statistical distribution of penalties with up to 10⁵ fiber realizations and 40 channels. We validate this model to the extent possible by comparison to full numerical simulations. Using this model, we find that the interaction of PMD and PDL is the major source of penalties and that the effect of PDG is negligible in WDM systems with more than ten channels

Keywords

optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; statistical analysis; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; Stokes parameter model; WDM; full numerical simulation; full time domain behavior; long-haul WDM system; long-haul dense wavelength division multiplexed systems; penalties; polarization dependent gain; polarization dependent loss; polarization effects; polarization mode dispersion; statistical distribution; Computer science; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistical distributions; Stokes parameters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.920846

Filename

920846