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Improved models of optical fiber birefringence—Part I

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Current models of birefringence in optical fibers assume that the birefringence vector varies randomly either in direction with a fixed magnitude or simultaneously in both magnitude and direction. Here we propose and then investigate several models in which the stochastically varying amplitude is instead restricted to a limited range.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 6P7, Canada

    Weihong Huang & David Yevick

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Huang, W., Yevick, D. Improved models of optical fiber birefringence—Part I. Opt Quant Electron 39, 91–103 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-007-9063-y

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