Coherent PMD and Programmable PMD Generation

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2003, Pages 424-425

  Damask, J ^a   Myers, P ^b   Boschi, T ^b  

^a Yafo Networks ^*

^b YAFO Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFT; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY (DGD); POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); DELAY; FREQUENCY; OPTICAL CONTROL; OPTICAL MIXING; OPTICAL RETARDERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642527960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2003.315900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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