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Coherent optical fiber transmission

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Expected system features, laboratory feasibility studies and current research on associated optical devices and components directed toward high performance coherent optical fiber transmission systems are discussed.

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Kimura, T. Coherent optical fiber transmission. Hyperfine Interact 37, 311–323 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02395718

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