Monitoring and Control of Polarization-Related Impairments in Optical Fiber Systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-125

  Willner, Alan Eli ^a   Motaghian Nezam, S M Reza ^a   Yan, Lianshan ^a   Pan, Zhongqi ^b   Hauer, Michaile C ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of polarization; Optical fiber communications (OFCs); Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filtering; Performance monitoring; PMD emulator; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS (OFC); OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; PMD EMULATOR; POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 1442287427     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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