Abstract
Fluctuations of Bit-Error-Rate (BER) stimulated by birefringent disorder in an optical fiber system are found to be strong. The effect may not be analyzed in terms of the average BER but rather requires analyzing the Probability Distribution Function (PDF) of BER. We report the emergence of the extremely extended algebraic-like tail of the PDF, corresponding to anomalously large values of BER. We analyze the dependence of the PDF tail, and thus the outage probability, on the first-order PMD compensation scheme. Effectiveness of compensation is illustrated quantitatively using a simple, however, practical example.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1607-1612 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics