PMD second-order effects on pulse propagation in single-mode optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1739-1741

  Francia, Cristian ^a,b,c   Bruyère, Frank ^b   Penninckx, Denis ^b   Chbat, Michel ^b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Polarization; Transient response

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; PRINCIPAL STATES OF POLARIZATION;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0032293988     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.730487     Document Type: Article

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