Optical Fiber Communications 4th Edition by Gerd Keiser

Exercise 11

Let E 0x = E 0y = 1 in Eq. (2.7). Using a computer or a graphical calculator, write a program to plot this equation for values of = (n )/8, where n = 0, 1, 2,.... 16. What does this show about the state of polarization as the angle changes