Title :
Perturbative modeling of irregularities in microstructure optical fibers
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Geometrical irregularities can severely restrict use of some microstructure fibers. A systematic perturbative method is demonstrated against full calculations, and allows efficient loss and effective-index estimates for large statistical samples of geometrical irregularities.
Keywords :
birefringence; micro-optics; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; perturbation techniques; refractive index; geometrical irregularities; microstructure optical fibers; perturbative modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
