title: Rotating-wave-plate Stokes polarimeter for differential group delay measurements of polarization-mode dispersion.
abstract: We present a description and detailed uncertainty analysis of a polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) measurement system that uses the Jones matrix eigenanalysis measurement technique based on a rotating-wave-plate Stokes polarimeter. The uncertainty of the system is 3.2 fs (approximately 95% confidence interval) and is due primarily to PMD in the fiber leads of the measurement system.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, MS 815.02, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328, USA. paul.williams@nist.gov
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Williams