• DocumentCode
    926192
  • Title

    Pulse broadening in multimode graded-index fibres

  • Author

    Arnaud, J.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Laboratories Inc., Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    9
  • Abstract
    A closed-form expression is obtained for pulse broadening in graded-index fibres with k2(r)=1¿r2+¿2r4+¿+¿nr2n. Pulse broadening for k2(r)=1¿r2+0.615r4+70r6 and r<0.1 is 12 times smaller than for square-law fibres if material dispersion is neglected.
  • Keywords
    fibre optics; guided light propagation; optical waveguides; graded index fibres; material dispersion; multimode fibres; pulse broadening;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19750006
  • Filename
    4236512