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PUBLICATIONS

Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2002

Published

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Gordon W. Day

Abstract

This digest contains the papers presented at the 2002 Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, a 2-1/2 day forum devoted to measurements of fibers, integrated optics, components and systems. Topics covered include measurement of polarization-mode dispersion chromatic dispersion and relative group delay, nonlinear coefficient, fiber amplifiers, multimode fibers, fiber geometry, polarization effects, and engineered fibers.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 988
Report Number
988
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

fiber optics, metrology, polarization-mode dispersion, SOFM, fiber measurements

Citation

Williams, P. and Day, G. (2002), Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2002, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 12, 2025)

Issues

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Created August 31, 2002, Updated October 12, 2021
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