Practical solutions to polarization-mode-dispersion emulation and compensation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3992-4005

  Yan, Lianshan ^a   Yao, X Steve ^a   Hauer, M C ^b   Willner, A E ^b  

^a General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Differential group delay (DGD); Importance sampling (IS); Optical communications; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING;

DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 37849187159     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.883610     Document Type: Article

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