Title :
Calculated fiber attenuation: a general method yielding stationary values
Author :
Gallawa, R.L. ; Goyal, I.C. ; Ghatak, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Electromagn. Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method of calculating the attenuation constant of an optical fiber under very general but weakly guiding conditions is derived. The method, based on Galerkin´s formalism, allows a nonuniform and complex refractive-index profile. The real and imaginary parts of the refractive index are allowed to vary independently and arbitrarily as a function of radius. The result is the predicted complex propagation constant. The results are inherently stationary
Keywords :
light absorption; optical fibre theory; optical losses; refractive index; Galerkin´s formalism; attenuation constant; calculated fiber attenuation; complex propagation constant; complex refractive-index profile; general method; imaginary parts; nonuniform refractive-index; optical fiber; radius; real parts; stationary values; Absorption; Attenuation; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Propagation constant; Rayleigh scattering;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
