Performance evaluation of single-section and three-section PMD compensators using extended Monte Carlo methods

Department

Program

Citation of Original Publication

Lima, A. O., I. T. Lima, C. R. Menyuk, and J. Zweck. “Performance Evaluation of Single-Section and Three-Section PMD Compensators Using Extended Monte Carlo Methods.” In Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (2005), Paper OME27, OME27. Optica Publishing Group, 2005. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFC-2005-OME27.

Rights

This item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.

Abstract

We evaluate the performance of single-section and three-section PMD compensators. Three-section compensators offer less than twice the advantage of single-section compensators (in dB) due to higher-order PMD correlations.