Field demonstration of 40 Gb/s soliton transmission with alternate polarizations

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2225-2234

  Matera, Francesco ^a   Settembre, Marina ^a   Tamburrini, Mario ^a   Favre, Francoise ^b   Le Guen, D ^b   Georges, Thierry ^b   Henry, M ^b   Michaud, G ^b   Franco, Pierluigi ^c   Schiffini, Alessandro ^c   Romagnoli, Marco ^c   Guglielmucci, Michele ^d   Cascelli, Sergio ^d  

^a FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

^c Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^d ISCTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL LINKS; SOLITONS;

DISPERSION-SHIFTED FIBERS (DSF); SOLITON TRANSMISSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 17744402885     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.803015     Document Type: Article

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