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Inspec keywords: optical noise; optical fibre communication; optical switches; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre dispersion; quadrature amplitude modulation; optical modulation
Subjects: Optical propagation, dispersion and attenuation in fibres; Modulation and coding methods; Multiplexing and switching in optical communication; Fibre optics