Electronics Letters · 1977 · 17 citations · 3 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPropagationFiber OpticsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersOptical WaveguidesPhysical OpticsRefractive IndexRefractive Index DispersionRefractive Index EffectsRefractive Index ProfileRefractive Index ProfilingSingle-mode Fiber PropagationSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical Fibers
The normalised frequency for single-mode cut-off in an optical fibre has been calculated as a function of the dip in the refractive index at the centre of the core. For a particular class of profiles, dip width up to 40% have a negligible effect on the propagation characteristics.
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W.A. Gambling, D.N. Payne, Hiroshi Matsumura et al. · ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) · 1976 · 39 citations
Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Materials Characterization +13