Improved optical compensator for first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1016-1018

  Heismann, Fred ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

OPTICAL COMPENSATOR; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); TRANSFER MATRIX;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 18944392494     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.844321     Document Type: Article

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