Stochastic theory of the Stokes parameters in randomly twisted fiber

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (Print)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVE.83.036602· OSTI ID:21560086

Botet, Robert; Kuratsuji, Hiroshi ^[1]

---

1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Bat. 510, CNRS UMR8502 / Universite Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, F-91405 Orsay (France)

We present the stochastic approach of the polarization state of an electromagnetic wave traveling through randomly twisted optical fiber. We treat the case of the weak randomness. When the geometric torsion of the fiber is distributed as a Gaussian law, we can write explicitly the Fokker-Planck equation for the Stokes parameters of the wave, and find the complete solution of the polarization-state distribution.

• OSTI ID: 21560086
• Journal Information: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (Print), Vol. 83, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.036602; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1539-3755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
GEOMETRY
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
OPTICAL FIBERS
POLARIZATION
RANDOMNESS
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
STOKES PARAMETERS
TORSION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FIBERS
MATHEMATICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
RADIATIONS