Long-term measurement of PMD and polarization drift in installed fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 941-951

  Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Brentel, Jonas ^a   Andrekson, Peter A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RANDOM ERRORS; STATISTICAL OPTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; VECTORS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

POLARIZATION DRIFT; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0034227251     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.850739     Document Type: Article

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