• DocumentCode
    1001088
  • Title

    Physical interpretation of Petermann´s strange spot size for single-mode fibres

  • Author

    Pask, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Australian National University, Research School of Physical Sciences, Canberra, Australia
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    144
  • Lastpage
    145
  • Abstract
    Petermann´s mathematical definition of spot size using the modal near field and its derivative is proved to be ¿2 times the inverse of the RMS width of the observable modal far field. The theory of fibre optics is given in terms of the transformed field, which determines the far field. Dispersion, splice loss and excitation efficiency are discussed.
  • Keywords
    losses; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; RMS width; dispersion; excitation efficiency; observable modal far field; optical fibres; optical loss; optical waveguide theory; single-mode fibres; splice loss; spot size; transformed field;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840097
  • Filename
    4249708
    • Link To Document
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