Title :
Preferred approaches to the determination of optical fibre mode field diameter
Author :
Fleming, Simon C.
Author_Institution :
University of Leeds, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Leeds, UK
Abstract :
The letter describes the properties of the two most useful definitions of the mode field radius of a single-mode optical fibre when they are evaluated in the presence of noise for both near-field and far-field measurements.
Keywords :
optical fibres; far-field measurements; mode field diameter; near-field; noise; optical fibre; single-mode;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870250
