Methods to construct programmable PMD sources - Part II: Instrument demonstrations

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1006-1013

  Damask, Jay N ^a   Myers, Pete R ^b   Simer, Greg J ^b   Boschi, Anthony ^a  

^a Northrop Grumman ^*

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

(060.4510) polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Optical instruments; Optical standards and testing

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

ENHANCED COHERENT HIGHER ORDER; OPTICAL DATA CHANNEL; OPTICAL STANDARDS; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 2442511927     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.825318     Document Type: Article

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