• DocumentCode
    2009121
  • Title

    Least squares procedure for measuring Mueller matrices

  • Author

    Reimer, Michael ; Yevick, David

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Waterloo Univ., Ont.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    A least squares method is presented that allows the Mueller matrix of an optical fiber to be determined with high accuracy from measurements of the output Stokes vector for different unknown input polarization states
  • Keywords
    least squares approximations; matrix algebra; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Mueller matrix; Stokes vector; least squares procedure; optical fiber; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; polarization states; Frequency measurement; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; Lagrangian functions; Least squares approximation; Least squares methods; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215525
  • Filename
    1636556