Polarisation mode dispersion: Large scale comparison of Jones matrix eigenanalysis against interferometric measurement techniques

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 680-681

  Perny, B ^a   Zimmer, C ^a   Prieto, F ^a   Gisin, N ^b  

^a Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Optical dispersion; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; JONES MATRIX EIGENANALYSIS; OPTICAL DISPERSION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030105621     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960468     Document Type: Review

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