Title :
Pulse broadening in multimode fibres excited by GaAs lasers
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Research Laboratories, Mÿnchen, West Germany
Abstract :
Pulse dispersion in multimode fibres depends strongly on mode excitation at the input and mode coupling in the fibre. Measurements on fibres of up to 160 m in length are given: pulse dispersion seems to follow a square-root law with the lengths of the fibres.
Keywords :
fibre optics; laser beam applications; optical dispersion; GaAs lasers; fibre optics; optical dispersion; optical waveguide; pulse broadening;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19730004
