Title :
Microbending loss in monomode fibres
Author_Institution :
Technische Universitÿt Braunschweig, Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnik, Braunschweig, West Germany
Abstract :
A simple analytic formula for the microbending loss in monomode fibres of arbitrary refractive-index profile is presented. This loss essentially depends on the spot size of the fundamental fibre mode only. Therefore W-fibres, for example, are as sensitive to microbending as conventional cladded-core fibres.
Keywords :
fibre optics; optical waveguide theory; W-fibres; fundamental fibre mode; microbending loss; monomode fibres; spot size;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19760084
