Deleterious system effects due to low-frequency polarization scrambling in the presence of nonnegligible polarization-dependent loss

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 464-466

  Yan, L S ^a   Yu, Q ^a   Luo, T ^a   McGeehan, J E ^a   Willner, A E ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communications; Optical polarization; Polarization scrambling; Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

BINARY SEQUENCES; BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYNCHRONIZATION;

POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037340901     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.807957     Document Type: Article

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