Statistics of the system performance in a scrambled recirculating loop with PDL and PDG

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1067-1069

  Sun, Yu ^a   Lima, A O ^a   Lima Jr , I T ^a   Zweck, J ^a   Yan, L ^a   Menyuk, C R ^a   Carter, G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical receiver; Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Q factor

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSMITTERS;

POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL);

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0042024840     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.814871     Document Type: Article

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