DocumentCode
316357
Title
Repolarization of polarization-scrambled optical signals due to polarization dependent loss
Author
Menyuk, C.R. ; Wang, D. ; Pilipetskii, A.N.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Volume
3
fYear
1997
fDate
22-25 Sep 1997
Firstpage
275
Abstract
We calculate the distribution function of the degree of polarization on an initially polarization-scrambled signal propagating through many amplifiers in an optical fiber of a long haul high data rate fibre communication system. We show that significant repolarization can occur for modern-day parameters
Keywords
optical fibre communication; distribution function; initially polarization-scrambled signal; long haul high data rate fibre communication system; modern-day parameters; optical fiber; polarization dependent loss; polarization-scrambled optical signal repolarisation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location
Edinburgh
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-697-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19971543
Filename
626758
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