Title :
Leaky rays on optical fibres of arbitrary (circularly symmetric) index profiles
Author :
Adams, M.J. ; Payne, D.N. ; Sladen, F.M.E.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The local plane-wave decomposition approach used to analyse optical fibres of arbitrary refractive-index profiles has been extended to include the case of so called `leaky¿ rays. The result thus obtained for acceptance angle represents a generalisation of results derived previously for simple forms of the profile by geometrical-optics methods.
Keywords :
fibre optics; geometrical optics; optical waveguide theory; acceptance angle; circularly symmetric refractive index profile; geometrical optics methods; leaky rays; local planewave decomposition approach; optical fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19750180
