DocumentCode
1018534
Title
Effect of chromatic dispersion on pulses of arbitrary coherence
Author
Gloge, D.
Author_Institution
Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
Volume
15
Issue
21
fYear
1979
Firstpage
686
Lastpage
687
Abstract
Chromatic signal distortion in fibre waveguides depends on the coherence of the optical carrier. The theory derived here covers carriers of arbitrary coherence and arbitrary dispersion characteristics. It gives simple estimates for the available signal bandwidth.
Keywords
light coherence; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; arbitrary coherence; chromatic dispersion; chromatic signal distortion; fibre waveguides; optical carrier; pulses; signal bandwidth;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19790487
Filename
4256105
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