First- and second-order polarization mode dispersion generated by a two-stage emulator

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 33, 2004, Pages 6074-6079

  Chipman, Russell A ^a   Kinnera, Ravinderkumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY (DGD); POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); SPECTROPOLARIMETERS; TWO-STAGE EMULATORS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 10444282044     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006074     Document Type: Article

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