Measurement of polarization mode dispersion in systems having polarization dependent loss or gain

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1256-1258

  Eyal, A ^a,b   Tur, M ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Polarization dependent gain; Polarization dependent loss; Polarization mode dispersion; Principal states of polarization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSSES; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031237974     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.618496     Document Type: Article

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