A. Orlandini et L. Vincetti, A simple and useful model for Jones matrix to evaluate higher order polarization-mode dispersion effects, IEEE PHOTON, 13(11), 2001, pp. 1176-1178
Starting from the differential equation that relates the Jones matrix of a
polarization-mode dipersion (PMD) fiber to its output dispersion vector, th
e analytical expressions of the matrix coefficients are determined in the c
ase of a dispersion vector rotating on a circonference in the Stokes space.
This model, that needs only few parameters with known statistics, is appli
ed to evaluate the performance of an optical system. The results obtained w
ith it and with other models proposed in literature are compared to those e
valuated by numerical simulations with all-order PMD effects, showing that
our model gives an accurate representation of real system performances.