Performance Degradation Induced by Polarization-Dependent Loss in Optical Fiber Transmission Systems with and without Polarization-Mode Dispersion

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1953-1957

  Xie, Chongjin ^a   Mollenauer, Linn F ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noises; Optical fiber communications; Optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR); Polarization; Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Polarizationmode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0141750414     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.816894     Document Type: Article

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