• DocumentCode
    2249095
  • Title

    Modelling of Rayleigh backscattering in plastic optical fiber

  • Author

    Gao, Cheng ; Farrell, Gerald

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Dublin Inst. of Technol., Ireland
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    8-9 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    The Rayleigh scattering coefficient within plastic optical fiber (POF), which is also called turbidity, has been investigated and parameters affecting the level of turbidity have been located and discussed. The Rayleigh attenuation model has been built on turbidity and has been verified by comparing with published data. Disparities between the model and published data have been discussed. The Rayleigh backscattering model based on turbidity and fractional recapture coefficient within the fiber has been built and the dependence of the total backscattered optical power on wavelength has been discussed.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; optical fibres; turbidity; Rayleigh attenuation model; Rayleigh backscattering; plastic optical fiber; turbidity; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Fluctuations; Light scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Plastics; Rayleigh scattering; Resonance light scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8123-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HFPSC.2003.1242296
  • Filename
    1242296