The dependence of the output stokes parameters on the state of an arbitrarily located polarization controller in PMD mitigation schemes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1533-1538

  Zadok, Avi ^a   Simon, N ^a   Eyal, Avishay ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTIMIZATION;

POLARIZATION CONTROL; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; STOKES PARAMETERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 3142775686     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.829226     Document Type: Article

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