An optical channel modeling of a single mode fiber

Abstract

The evaluation of the optical channel model that accurately describes the single mode fibre as a coherent transmission medium is reviewed through analytical, numerical and experimental analysis. We used the numerical modelling of the optical transmission medium and experimental measurements to determine the polarization drift as a function of time for a fixed length of fibre. The probability distribution of the birefringence vector was derived, which is associated to the ‘Poole’ equation. The theory and experimental evidence that has been disclosed in the literature in the context of polarization mode dispersion – Stokes & Jones formulations and solutions for key statistics by integration of stochastic differential equations has been investigated. Besides in-depth definition of the single-mode fibre-optic channel, the modelling which concerns an ensemble of fibres each with a different instance of environmental perturbation has been analysed.

Keywords:

• Coherent communication
• fiber optics and optical communications
• single-mode fibre
• polarization

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for their support through a Strategic Project Grant STPGP 430176 – 12. Trevor J. Hall is grateful to the Canada Research Chair (CRC) Program for their support of his CRC-I in Photonic Network Technology. The authors are thankful to Dr. Ramón Maldonado-Basilio for helpful discussions.