Title :
The statistics of the frequency dependence of polarization mode dispersion in optical fibers
Author :
Mecozzi, A. ; Shtaif, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of L´´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
We study the statistics of spectral dependence of PMD. Conditional moments are analytically derived and a method for numerical generation of conditional distributions densities is presented. The numerical method can also be used to estimate system tolerance to high PMD.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; statistical analysis; conditional distributions densities; frequency dependence statistics; numerical analysis; optical fibers; polarization mode dispersion; spectral dependence; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Bridges; Delay; Frequency dependence; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248315
