Length-dependent effects due to leaky modes on multimode graded-index optical fibres |
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Authors: | MJ Adams DN Payne FME Sladen |
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Institution: | Department of Electronics, University of Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, UK |
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Abstract: | The radiation losses of tunnelling leaky modes in graded-index optical fibres are calculated theoretically, and it is shown that the near-field intensity profile has a length dependence. Consequently measurements of the near-field intensity distribution do not give the refractive index profile directly, and a correction factor must be applied. We have investigated this factor and find that it depends only on a single normalisation parameter involving fibre length, core radius and normalised frequency. A further use of the correction factor is to determine the total power attenuation due to the loss of leaky modes. |
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