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Opt Lett
; 34(23): 3613-5, 2009 Dec 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19953137
RESUMO
We characterize the effect of polarization dependent loss (PDL) on the information capacity of fiber-optic channels. The reduction in the outage capacity owing to the PDL is quantified as well as the signal-to-noise ratio margin that needs to be allocated for the PDL in order to avoid loss of capacity.