A complete spectral polarimeter design for lightwave communication systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3982-3991

  Wang, Shawn X ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of polarization (DOP); Polarimetry; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIMETERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DEGREE-OF-POLARIZATION; LIGHTWAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 37849185595     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.883614     Document Type: Article

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