Theoretical Characterization and System Impact of the Hinge Model of PMD

Author

Antonelli, Cristian ; Mecozzi, Antonio

Author_Institution

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

Volume

24

Issue

11

fYear

2006

Firstpage

4064

Lastpage

4074

Abstract

Modeling of the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) temporal changes in long fiber routes represents a critical aspect of system outage characterization. In this paper, an analysis of the PMD temporal statistics in links obeying the recently proposed hinge model is presented. The analytical expression of the differential group delay probability density function is derived and used to show that the outage probability is channel specific in a wavelength-division-multiplexed system. The existence of outage-free channels, which represents one of the most important implications of the hinge model, is demonstrated and quantified. The frequency dependence of the temporal statistics is also characterized, and an expression for PMD-induced pulse broadening is derived

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; probability; statistical analysis; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; differential group delay; hinge model; long fiber routes; outage probability; outage-free channels; polarization mode dispersion; probability density function; pulse broadening; system outage characterization; temporal statistics; wavelength-division-multiplexed system; Birefringence; Fasteners; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability; Propagation delay; Statistics; Temperature; Birefringence; fiber communication system; polarization effects; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.884203

Filename

4012176