Novel method for measuring polarization-mode dispersion using four-wave mixing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2530-2533

  Song, Shuxian ^a   Allen, Christopher T ^a   Demarest, Kenneth R ^a   Hui, Rongqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033354537     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.809673     Document Type: Article

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