Effects of Polarization-Mode Dispersion in Dual-Pump Fiber-Optic Parametric Amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 431-433

  Yaman, F ^a   Lin, Q ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber parametric amplifier; Polarization dependent gain; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; DISPERSIONS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; VECTORS;

POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1442264029     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.821055     Document Type: Article

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