Experimental comparison of PMD-induced system penalty models

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1149-1151

  Cornick, Kate E ^a   Boroditsky, M ^b   Finch, S ^a   Dods, S D ^a   Farrell, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communications; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); String lengths; System penalties

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; INDUCED SYSTEM PENALTIES; MODIFIED QUADRATIC MODEL; POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD); STRING LENGTH MODEL; THERMALLY LIMITED SYSTEMS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 33646229092     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.874688     Document Type: Article

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