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1982
Journal Article
Title
Modal mode partition noise in optical fiber systems
Abstract
Deals with an additional source of noise in optical transmission systems. Optical fiber connectors in multimode fiber systems lead to a wavelength dependent attenuation of the transmitted light and hence give rise to mode partition noise if a multimode laser is used. The authors give theoretical estimations of the created excess noise which show that an increase of 25 dB by this modal mode partition noise is possible.