Title :
Statistics of polarization-dependent loss, insertion loss, and signal power in optical communication systems
Author :
Yu, M. ; Kan, C. ; Lewis, M. ; Sizmann, A.
Author_Institution :
Innovancc Networks Inc., Piscataway, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present analytical solutions to describe the statistics of signal power and insertion loss due to polarization-dependent loss (PDL) concatenation in communication systems. Using the methods of stochastic differential equations, we show that a system with a large number of low-PDL elements yields a Gaussian distribution for the signal power when it is expressed in units of decibels.
Keywords :
Fokker-Planck equation; difference equations; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; singular value decomposition; stochastic processes; Fokker-Planck equations; Gaussian distribution; Jones matrix; decibel units; insertion loss statistics; optical communication systems; polarization-dependent loss concatenation; signal power statistics; stochastic differential equations; Insertion loss; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Signal analysis; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stochastic systems;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.803373
