Performance Analysis of Single-Section PMD Compensators Using Multiple Importance Sampling

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Lima, A., I. Lima, B. Marks, C. Menyuk, and W. Kath. “Performance Analysis of Single-Section PMD Compensators Using Multiple Importance Sampling.” In Optical Fiber Communication Conference (2003), Paper ThA3, ThA3. Optica Publishing Group, 2003. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFC-2003-ThA3.

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Abstract

We compare the performance of single-section PMD compensators with either a fixed- or variable-DGD element as a function of both first- and second-order PMD using multiple importance sampling. We show that there is little benefit in using a variable-DGD element.