PMD emulators and signal distortion in 2.48-Gb/s IM-DD lightwave systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 842-844

  Prola Jr , C H ^b   Pereira Da Silva, J A ^b   Dal Forno, A O ^a,b   Passy, R ^a,b   Von Der Weid, J P ^a,b   Gisin, N ^c  

^a IEEE

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication system performance; Communication system testing; Distortion; Error analysis; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

EMULATORS; LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031164134     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.585009     Document Type: Article

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