Optimization of a PMD compensator with constant differential group delay using importance sampling

Author

Lima, I.T., Jr. ; Biondini, G. ; Marks, B. ; Kath, W.L. ; Menyuk, C.R.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

564

Lastpage

565

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have studied first-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensators with a fixed value of DGD/sub c/. We have shown that the optimal value of DGD/sub c/ for realistic power penalties of 2 dB is 2-3 times larger than (/spl Delta//spl pi/). This optimal value of DGD, actually degrades the average penalty somewhat, but it reduces the outage probability by several orders of magnitude. Our results indicate that it is not sufficient to study the impact of PMD compensators on the average penalty when designing realistic systems. It is crucial to accurately model the tails of the distribution function of the penalties. Importance sampling is a technique that makes this sort of study feasible.

Keywords

compensation; importance sampling; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optimisation; PMD compensator optimization; average penalty; constant differential group delay; design; distribution function; first-order PMD compensator; importance sampling; optimal value; outage probability; polarization-mode dispersion; power penalties; Clocks; Delay; Fiber nonlinear optics; Monte Carlo methods; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948170

Filename

948170