Title :
A statistical theory of PMD-induced power penalty
Author :
Antonelli, C. ; Mecozzi, A. ; Cornick, K. ; Boroditsky, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., L´´Aquila Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We derive an analytical expression for the PMD-induced pulse broadening, given the PMD vector at centre frequency, and show it can be used for an accurate prediction of the experimentally observed PMD-induced power penalty.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; statistical analysis; PMD vector; PMD-induced power penalty; polarization-mode dispersion; pulse broadening; statistical theory;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
