Analysis of polarization-mode dispersion compensators using importance sampling

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Lima, I. T., G. Biondini, B. Marks, W. L. Kath, and C. R. Menyuk. "Analysis of Polarization-Mode Dispersion Compensators Using Importance Sampling" In Optical Fiber Communication Conference and International Conference on Quantum Information (2001), Paper MO4, MO4. Optica Publishing Group, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2001.MO4.

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Abstract

We use importance sampling to analyze polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) com-pensators that consist of a single differential-group delay (DGD) element. Using this technique we show that while these compensators improve the average penalty due to PMD, they may degrade the outage probability.