Combinatorial polarization scramblers for many-segment PMD emulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 405-407

  Phua, P B ^a   Ippen, E P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulator; Optical fiber communication; Polarization scrambling; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL OPTICS;

COMBINATORIAL POLARIZATION SCRAMBLERS; EMULATOR; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); POLARIZATION SCRAMBLING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 13444306540     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.840080     Document Type: Article

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