Transmission of linearly polarized light through a single-mode fiber with random fluctuations of birefringence

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3888-3892

  Van Wiggeren, Gregory D ^a   Roy, Rajarshi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

JONES MATRIX FORMALISM; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0032606464     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003888     Document Type: Article

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