Simplified transition matrix analysis of the hinge model

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2009 Mar;26(3):710-4. doi: 10.1364/josaa.26.000710.

Abstract

We analyze within the hinge model the time dependence of polarization mode dispersion induced by stochastic fluctuations of the polarization rotations at the hinge sites. Our procedure employs a modified transition matrix method approach that increases modeling accuracy for unlikely system configurations.