Method to measure and estimate total outage probability for PMD-impaired systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-50

  Damask, J N ^a   Gray, G ^a   Leo, P ^a   Simer, G ^a   Rochford, K ^a,b   Veasey, D ^a,b  

^a YAFO Networks   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical instruments; Optical standards and testing; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TESTING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OPTICAL STANDARDS; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; TOTAL OUTAGE PROBABILITY;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037249614     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805861     Document Type: Article

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