DocumentCode
1114535
Title
Radiation from circular bends in multimode and single-mode optical fibres
Author
Badar, A.H. ; Maclean, T.S.M. ; Gazey, B.K. ; Miller, J.F. ; Ghafoori-Shiraz, H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Birmingham Univ., UK
Volume
136
Issue
3
fYear
1989
fDate
6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
147
Lastpage
151
Abstract
A theoretical study of radiation from bends in multimode optical fibres is developed on the basis of ray theory, and the results are compared with experimental measurements. The same theory is also used to predict the power in the core of the fibre as a function of angle around the bend. On the basis of the agreement with experiment for the radiated power from multimode fibres, the same technique is then applied to a single mode fibre using a single axial ray to represent this case. A solution is obtained which is close to that previously obtained experimentally, and also close to alternative theoretical solutions
Keywords
geometrical optics; optical fibres; fibre bending; multimode optical fibres; ray theory; single-mode optical fibres;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0267-3932
Type
jour
Filename
29570
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