Malykin G. Ring Interferometry 2013

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This monograph is devoted to the creation of a comprehensive formalism for quantitative description of polarized modes' linear interaction in modern single-mode optic fibers. The theory of random connections between polarized modes, developed in the monograph, allows calculations of the zero shift deviations for a fiber ring interferometer. The monograph addresses also the Sagnac effect and the Thomas precession.
Introduction
Fiber ring interferometry
Development of the theory of interaction between polarization modes
Experimental study of random coupling between polarization modes
Fiber ring interferometers of minimum configuration
Fiber ring interferometers of nonstandard configuration
Geometric phases in optics. The Poincaré sphere method
Time-dependent, nonlinear, and magnetic effects
Influence of the second harmonic of the phase modulation
Relativistic effects in optical and non-optical ring interferometers
Conclusion