Polarization model for a helically wound optical fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3251-3261

  Shute, Marcus W ^a   Brown, Charles S ^a   Jarzynski, Jacek ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIMETERS;

HELICALLY WOUND FIBER; JONES FORMALISM; MUELLER FORMALISM; POLARIMETRIC SENSORS; POLARIZATION MODEL;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0031340979     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.003251     Document Type: Article

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