Technique for characterisation of polarisation mode dispersion accumulation along optical fibres

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-398

  Sunnerud, H ^a   Olsson, B E ^a   Andrekson, P A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL LINKS; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

POLARIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS (POTDR);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032545837     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980326     Document Type: Article

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