Rotating-wave-plate Stokes polarimeter for differential group delay measurements of polarization-mode dispersion

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 6508-6515

  Williams, Paul A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001285120     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006508     Document Type: Article

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