Importance sampling for polarization-mode dispersion: techniques and applications

Author

Biondini, Gino ; Kath, William L. ; Menyuk, Curtis R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci. & Appl. Math., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

22

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1201

Lastpage

1215

Abstract

The basic theory of importance sampling (IS) as relevant to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers is discussed, and its application to Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of PMD-induced transmission impairments is demonstrated. The use of IS allows rare PMD events to be simulated much more efficiently than with standard MC methods. As a consequence, methods employing IS provide natural and effective tools to assess PMD-induced impairments and outages in optical transmission systems at realistic probability levels.

Keywords

importance sampling; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; Monte Carlo simulations; PMD-induced transmission impairments; importance sampling; optical fiber communication; optical fibers; optical transmission systems; polarization-mode dispersion; realistic probability levels; Biomedical optical imaging; Discrete event simulation; Mathematics; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Sampling methods; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.825321

Filename

1291564