Simulating temporal evolution of PMD‐related variables in optical fibers and emulators

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microwave imaging using an array of parallel conducting wires as a lens, Phys Rev B 73 (2006), 1-4. 11. X. Radu, X. Dardenne, and C. Craeye, Efficient analysis of the canalization effect obtained with a fabry-perot wire medium, In: Proceedings of the Metamaterial Congress, Rome, 2007, pp. 878 -881. 12. D. Dancila, S. Massaoudi, and I. Huynen, Sub-wavelength planar metamaterials for magnetic resonance imaging at 3Tesla, IEEE Trans Microwave Theory Tech, submitted. ABSTRACT: A simulation tool for the calculation of the statistics and correlations of PMD-related variables is presented. Calculations are performed in time domain, allowing the simulation of the temporal evo-lution of differential group delay (DGD); principal states of polarization (PSP); output polarization state (SOP) and received signal level, among others. Results are in good agreement with predictions from spectral calculations and experimental results. Simulations are used to compare predictions of the hinge model and to evaluate PMD outage times in optical transmissions.