Impact of polarization mode dispersion on the statistics of Q factor in optical transmission systems

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1400-1402

  Beltrame, D ^c   Matera, F ^c   Settembre, M ^c   Galtarossa, A ^a   Pizzinat, A ^a   Favre, F ^b   Le Guen, D ^b   Henry, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034247546     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000954     Document Type: Article

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