title: Simplified transition matrix analysis of the hinge model.
abstract: We analyze within the hinge model the time dependence of polarization mode dispersion induced by stochastic fluctuations of the polarization rotations at the hinge sites. Our procedure employs a modified transition matrix method approach that increases modeling accuracy for unlikely system configurations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. yevick@uwaterloo.ca
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yevick
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan