Abstract

A programmable polarization-mode-dispersion source must be stable,repeatable, and predictable. Birefringent phase and the oscillatory nature of scalar polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) spectra are attributes analyzed in this paper. The general theory of coherent PMD is presented, as well as details of the requisite material technologies.

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