Title :
Mode coupling in an elastically deformed optical fibre
Author_Institution :
University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
The elastic strain imposed on a multimode optical fibre by physical deformation is shown to have a significant influence on propagation. The propagation, and in particular the mode coupling, behaves as though the fibre were unstrained but had, instead, a reduced curvature everywhere.
Keywords :
elastic deformation; fibre optics; optical waveguide theory; elastic strain; elastically deformed optical fibre; mode coupling; multimode optical fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19760135
