In-service measurements of polarization-mode dispersion and correlation to bit-error rate

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 572-574

  Boroditsky, Misha ^a   Brodsky, Misha ^a   Frigo, Nicholas J ^a   Magill, Peter ^a   Raddatz, L ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communications; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; MUELLER MATRIX METHOD; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0037390393     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809301     Document Type: Article

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