Field PMD measurements through a commercial, Raman-amplified ULH transmission system
- 3 June 2004
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. MB3.3/15-MB3.3/16
- https://doi.org/10.1109/leosst.2003.1224296
Abstract
Detailed PMD measurements on a field-deployed 986 km commercial system find anomalous PMD contributions of approximately 0.6 ps/node beyond that of the transmission fiber. Dramatic changes in the PMD spectrum due to temperature sensitive components were observed.Keywords
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