Electronics Letters · 1986 · 12 citations · 0 references
EngineeringMaterials ScienceMaterials CharacterizationFiber OpticsFiber PropertiesFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersFiber AttenuationFiber EngineeringLower BoundsMicrobending LossSingle-mode Fiber PropagationSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical FibersSingle-mode Waveguides
A new and powerful analysis of microbending in generic single-mode fibres is outlined. The calculation avoids cumbersome evaluations of the coupling coefficients and allows the derivation of a simple and better approximated expression for the microbending losses. More severe upper and lower bounds to the possible losses are also provided.