A deterministic broad-band polarization-dependent loss compensator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 771-780

  Phua, P B ^a   Ippen, E P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

All pass filter (APF); Compensation; Deformable mirror; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Spatial phase modulator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL LINKS;

ALL PASS FILTER (APF); DEFORMABLE MIRROR; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS (PDL); POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); SPATIAL PHASE MODULATOR;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 15744372520     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.838838     Document Type: Article

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