Comparison of system penalties from first- and multiorder polarization-mode dispersion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1650-1652

  Boroditsky, M ^a   Cornick, K ^b   Antonelli, Cristian ^c   Brodsky, M ^a   Dods, S D ^b   Frigo, N J ^a   Magill, Pete ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communications; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); System penalty

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIT ERROR RATE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLYNOMIALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); SYSTEM PENALTY;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 23844476756     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.850858     Document Type: Article

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