High-Speed Transmission in Multimode Fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-586

  Freund, Ronald E ^a   Caspar, Ch ^a   Bunge, Christian A ^b   Ledentsov, Nikolay N ^c   Molin, D ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c VI SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

^d Draka Comteq France SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Communication system performance; multimode fiber (MMF); optical fiber communication; optoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008063770     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2030897     Document Type: Article

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