{"title":"Measurements of the polarization dependent loss of multiple WDM channels in an installed, long-haul terrestrial link","authors":"L. Nelson, M. Birk, P. Magill, A. Schex, L. Rapp","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553726","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We report continuous, multiple-day measurements of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) of several C-band channels on an installed 1800-km terrestrial link. The PDL varies on a time-scale of hours, and the PDL of adjacent channels often track.","PeriodicalId":440419,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals 2010","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals 2010","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553726","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report continuous, multiple-day measurements of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) of several C-band channels on an installed 1800-km terrestrial link. The PDL varies on a time-scale of hours, and the PDL of adjacent channels often track.