Measurement of PMD tolerance in 40-Gb/s polarization-multiplexed RZ-DQPSK

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 13398-13404

  Boffi, Pierpaolo ^a,b   Ferrario, Maddalena ^b   Marazzi, Lucia ^b   Martelli, Paolo ^b   Parolari, Paola ^b   Righetti, Aldo ^b   Siano, Rocco ^b   Martinelli, Mario ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Consortium Research Optical Processing and Switching Milan ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; CROSSTALK; GROUP DELAY; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; POLARIZATION DEMULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION(PMD); POLARIZATION STABILIZATION; POLARIZATION STABILIZER; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 50049121572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013398     Document Type: Article

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