A dynamical polarization mode dispersion emulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 534-536

  Waddy, David S ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical fiber measurements; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER THEORY; TRANSITION PROBABILITY DENSITY VALUE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0037390922     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809259     Document Type: Article

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