The Jones Matrix surface in Zemax provides a convenient, idealized model for simulating polarization-dependent optical components when detailed physical or coating data are not available. If the setting "Ignore Polarization" on the Fiber Data Tab in the Physical Optics Propagation settings is checked, then the fiber mode is unpolarized, and the X-direction E field is used to compute the coupling for both the X- and Y-direction fields in the polarized beam. Based on the maximum NA of the guided rays, this typically corresponds to a fiber length in the range of a few meters. This fiber is in direct contact with a glass slide which has a complex thin-film coating on its surface. I am specifically trying to measure the spectrally modified signal that is re-coupled into the. The Zemax we have can do polarization calculations. Any use of anti-reflection (or other) coatings or analysis of energy loss due to reflections or absorption requires polarization analysis.
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