PMD-induced penalty statistics in fiber links

Author

Antonelli, Cristian ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Cornick, Kate ; Brodsky, Misha ; Boroditsky, Misha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, Italy

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1013

Lastpage

1015

Abstract

We study the statistics of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD)-induced system penalty in optical telecommunication systems. First, we extend the analysis from Maxwellian fiber-to-fiber routes with a finite number of degrees of freedom, or "hinges". Second, we take into account higher order terms in the optical signal-to-noise ratio penalty beyond the standard approximation. Our results show that in systems with few hinges, a smaller margin to PMD will result in the same outage probability.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; probability; Maxwellian fiber-to-fiber routes; PMD-induced penalty statistics; fiber links; optical signal-to-noise ratio penalty; optical telecommunication systems; polarization-mode dispersion; Australia; Fasteners; Higher order statistics; Laboratories; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio; Statistical analysis; Optical communications; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.845684

Filename

1424084