Time Resolved Characterization of the Polarization State of Optical Pulses

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2003, Pages 501-502

  Buccafusca, O ^a   Hernday, P ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SOLITONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL RECORDING; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL PULSES; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); TIME-RESOLVED (TR) MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RETARDERS; PULSE MEASUREMENTS; STOKES PARAMETERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642465465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2003.315888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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