Propagation of solitons in fibers with randomly varying birefringence: Effects of soliton transmission control

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 584-589

  Matsumoto, Masayuki ^a   Akagi, Yasuaki ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Polarization mode dispersion; Soliton

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLITONS;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; SOLITON TRANSMISSION CONTROL;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031118105     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.566679     Document Type: Article

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