System performance evaluation in terrestrial systems with high polarization mode dispersion and the effect of chirping

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 296-298

  Khosravani, R ^a   Willner, A E ^b  

^a Phaethon Communications   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirp modulation; Optical communication; Polarization mode dispersion; Solitons; Terrestrial systems

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SOLITONS;

CHIRP MODULATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0035303462     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.917830     Document Type: Article

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