Performance fluctuations in submarine WDM systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4208-4214

  Pilipetskii, Alexei N ^a   Golovchenko, Ekaterina A ^a  

^a TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Long haul transmission systems; Nonlinear crosstalk; Optical communication; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

LONG-HAUL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION HOLE BURNING; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT GAIN;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 37849185371     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.884186     Document Type: Article

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