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A method for calculating outage probabilities due to polarization-mode dispersion using importance sampling

  • Northwestern University
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • PhotonEx

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Abstract

The calculation of outage probabilities which is due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) was discussed. Monte Carlo method was used for simulation of PMD. Results showed that Monte Carlo technique provides a natural and effective mean to measure PMD-induced impairments in optical transmission systems and at realistic bit-error rates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages49
Number of pages1
Volume12
No12
Specialist publicationOptics and Photonics News
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2001

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