Title :
Novel method for measuring cutoff wavelength of HE21-, TE01-and TM01-modes
Author :
Kato, Yasuyuki ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi ; Seikai, Shigeyuki ; Uchida, Naoya
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
A new measurement method for the cutoff wavelength of HE21-, TE01-and TM01 modes using a polariser is described. The experimental results show that higher measurement accuracy and sensitivity are obtained compared with the previous method.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical variables measurement; HE21 mode; TE01 mode; TM01 mode; cutoff wavelength; measurement accuracy; optical communications; optical fibres; second order modes; sensitivity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790294
