DocumentCode
977067
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
Volume
32
Issue
12
fYear
1996
fDate
6/6/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1128
Lastpage
1130
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960694
Filename
502897
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