Title :
Modal dispersion in single-mode fibres: simple approximation issued from mode spot size spectral behaviour
Author :
Sansonetti, Pierre
Author_Institution :
CNET, LAB/MER/FOG, Lannion, France
Abstract :
We report a simple and accurate approximation of modal dispersion in single-mode optical fibres deduced from spectral behaviour of mode spot size; neither knowledge of index profile nor of maximum refractive index difference are required in this approximation.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; modal dispersion; mode spot size spectral behaviour; optical fibres; single-mode fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820441
