Frequency-Correlation Analysis of PMD Emulators With Symmetric Polarization Scrambling

Author

Palmer, Leigh ; Farrell, Peter M. ; Dods, Sarah D. ; Evans, Jamie S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic.

Volume

24

Issue

11

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3897

Lastpage

3906

Abstract

The authors investigate the artificial frequency correlation induced by polarization scrambled statistical polarization-mode-dispersion emulators. A simple model is derived that accurately predicts the average frequency correlation when the scrambling is symmetric. It is shown that the nature of the symmetry affects the emulator performance, and that increasingly, isotropic scrambling gives lower correlation. The derived model shows a good agreement with Monte Carlo simulation and experiment

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; statistical analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; artificial frequency correlation; average frequency correlation; frequency-correlation analysis; isotropic scrambling; polarization mode dispersion; polarization scrambled statistical emulators; polarization-mode-dispersion emulators; symmetric polarization scrambling; Australia; Birefringence; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics; System testing; Wavelength division multiplexing; Autocorrelation function (ACF); emulation; optical communication; polarization mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.883639

Filename

4012214