Polarization Optics in Telecommunications

The strong investments into optical telecommunications in the late 1990s resulted in a wealth of new research, techniques, component designs, and understanding of polarization effects in fiber. Polarization Optics in Telecommunications brings together recent advances in the field to create a standard, practical reference for component designers and optical fiber communication engineers. Beginning with a sound foundation in electromagnetism, the author offers a dissertation of the spin-vector formalism of polarization and the interaction of light with media. Applications discussed include optical isolators, optical circulators, fiber collimators, and a variety of applied waveplate and prism combinations. Also included in an extended discussion of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL), their representation, behavior, statistical properties, and measurement. This book draws extensively from the technical and patent literature and is an up-to-date reference for researchers and component designers in industry and academia.The strong investments into optical telecommunications in the late 1990s§resulted in a wealth of new research, techniques, component designs, and§understanding of polarization effects in fiber. Polarization Optics in§Telecommunications brings together recent advances in the field to create a§standard, practical reference for component designers and optical fiber§communication engineers. Beginning with a sound foundation in§electromagnetism, the author offers a dissertation of the spin-vector§formalism of polarization and the interaction of light with media.§Applications discussed include optical isolators, optical circulators,§fiber collimators, and a variety of applied waveplate and prism§combinations. Also included in an extended discussion of polarization-mode§dispersion (PMD) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL), their§representation, behavior, statistical properties, and measurement. This§book draws extensively from the technical and patent literature and is an§up-to-date reference for researchers and component designers in industry§and academia.