Measurement of high-order polarization mode dispersion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 861-863

  Li, Yi ^a   Eyal, A ^a   Hedekvist, P O ^a   Yariv, A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; HIGH ORDER POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; JONES MATRIX EXPONENTIAL EXPANSION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; PRINCIPAL STATES OF POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034229436     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853527     Document Type: Article

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