title: Reduced model of the evolution of the polarization states in wavelength-division-multiplexed channels.
abstract: We have developed a reduced model of the evolution of the polarization states of the channels in a wavelength-division-multiplexed system that follows only the Stokes parameters for each channel. We apply this model to demonstrating that the expected repolarization of polarization-scrambled signals is small. We verify our results by comparing them with numerical simulations with realistic parameters.
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authors: Wang
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authors: Menyuk