PMD-induced fluctuations of bit-error rate in optical fiber systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1155-1168

  Chernyak, Vladimir ^a   Chertkov, Michael ^b   Gabitov, Ildar ^b,c   Kolokolov, Igor ^b,d   Lebedev, Vladimir ^b,d  

^a Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); Optical fiber telecommunication systems; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation; Probability distribution function (PDF)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2442562291     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.825237     Document Type: Article

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