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We propose a design for a variable differential-group-delay (DGD), formed by concatenation of four identical fixed DGD segments. Due to the symmetry involved, it produces zero second-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD). The generated third-order PMD is half the value of the conventional two-segment concatenation for variable DGD.
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