We have shown how importance-sampled Monte-Carlo simulations provide an efficient method for computing the tails of the differential group delay (DGD) probability distribution due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). We have also applied this technique to study PMD compensators with an arbitrarily rotatable polarization controller and a single, fixed DGD element, demonstrating that for realistic power penalties the optimal DGD value used in the compensator can be two to three times larger than the mean DGD.


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    Title :

    Calculations of outage probabilities due to PMD using importance sampling


    Contributors:
    Kath, W.L. (author) / Biondini, G. (author) / Lima, I.P. (author) / Marks, B.S. (author) / Menyuk, C.R. (author)


    Publication date :

    2001-01-01


    Size :

    192662 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English