Measurement of polarization mode dispersion accumulation along installed optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 860-862

  Sunnerud, Henrik ^a   Olsson, Bengt Erik ^a,b   Andrekson, Peter A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS; RELIABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; POLARIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; ULTRAHIGH BIT RATES;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0032645858     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.769732     Document Type: Article

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