Error estimation in multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations with applications to polarization-mode-dispersion emulators

AO Lima, IT Lima, CR Menyuk - Journal of lightwave technology, 2005 - opg.optica.org
This paper shows how to estimate errors in multicanonical Monte Carlo (MMC) simulations
using a transition-matrix method. MMC is a biasing Monte Carlo technique that allows one to …

Monitoring mechanisms for optical systems

XS Yao - US Patent 8,000,610, 2011 - Google Patents
US8000610B2 - Monitoring mechanisms for optical systems - Google Patents US8000610B2 -
Monitoring mechanisms for optical systems - Google Patents Monitoring mechanisms for optical …

Polarization-mode dispersion emulation with Maxwellian lengths and importance sampling

G Biondini, WL Kath - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe an efficient polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) emulation method that
combines a concatenation of birefringent sections having Maxwellian-distributed lengths …

Analysis and reduction of polarization mode dispersion in an optical fiber

RG Manohari, T Sabapathi - 2011 International conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with the effects and compensation of Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD),
which has found to be a considerable attention in high data rate systems, now-a-days. In …

Polarization-dependent chromatic dispersion and its impact on return-to-zero transmission formats

G Biondini, WL Kath - IEEE photonics technology letters, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the extension of importance sampling and multicanonical Monte Carlo methods
to events with large polarization-dependent chromatic dispersion (PCD), and we compare …

[PDF][PDF] Calculation of bit error rates in optical fiber communications systems in the presence of nonlinear distortion and noise

OV Sinkin - 2006 - umbc.edu
A fundamental goal of modeling fiber communications systems is to understand the physics
of the system behavior and to develop computational tools to design systems and predict …

Polarization scrambling based on cascaded optical polarization devices having modulated optical retardation

L Yao, X Chen - US Patent 8,780,433, 2014 - Google Patents
Techniques and devices use cascaded optical polarization devices having modulated
optical retardation to control optical polarization of light and can be configured for …

Comparison of two biasing Monte Carlo methods for calculating outage probabilities in systems with multisection PMD compensators

AO Lima, CR Menyuk, IT Lima - IEEE photonics technology …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We evaluate the performance of single-section and three-section polarization-mode-
dispersion (PMD) compensators using the biasing Monte Carlo methods of importance …

Statistical errors in biasing Monte Carlo simulations with applications to polarization-mode dispersion compensators

CR Menyuk - Journal of lightwave technology, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The possible sources of error in Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are errors in physical
modeling, coding errors (bugs), statistical errors, and algorithmic errors. While most …

Improved phase delays for optical compensation of polarization-mode dispersion

F Heismann - IEEE photonics technology letters, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present numerical simulations of the average frequency dependence of the differential
phase delays (DPDs) that are introduced by polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) between …