Polarization mode dispersion compensation at 10, 20, and 40 Gb/s with various optical equalizers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1602-1616

  Noé, Reinhold ^a,b,d,e   Sandel, David ^a,f   Yoshida Dierolf, M ^a   Hinz, Stephan ^a   Mirvoda, V ^a   Schopflin A ^b   Glingener, C ^b   Gottwald, E ^b   Scheerer, C ^b   Fischer, G ^b   Weyrauch, Thomas ^c   Haase, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL FILTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; EQUALIZERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS;

OPTICAL POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032595076     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.788566     Document Type: Article

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