Multicanonical evaluation of joint probability density functions in communication system modeling

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1540-1542

  Yevick, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication systems; Optical communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Probability; Systems

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242302612     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818629     Document Type: Article

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