Title :
Near field of a weakly guiding step-index singlemode fibre
Author :
Sheppard, C.J.R. ; Gan, X.S. ; Fatemi, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Opt., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
fDate :
6/6/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The near field of a step-index singlemode fibre is calculated using the weakly guiding approximation. It is found that there are oscillations in intensity along the axis, the beam coming to a focus at ~10 μm from the fibre end
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; optical fibre theory; optical fibres; refractive index; fibre end; fibre-optic sensors; intensity oscillations; near field; weakly guiding approximation; weakly guiding step-index singlemode fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960694
