Title :
Power spectrum of microbends in monomode optical fibres
Author :
Blow, Keith J. ; Doran, N.J. ; Hornung, Severin
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
A new model is proposed for the power spectrum of microbends in monomode optical fibres. This model is based on the idea that microbends are extended rather than point, as has been previously assumed. By fitting our model to the experimental data we obtain values for the wavelength and correlation length of the disturbance causing the microbends.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; correlation length; microbends; model; monomode optical fibres; power spectrum;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820305
