Title :
Pulse distortion in single-mode fibres with microbending
Author_Institution :
Technische Universitÿt Braunschweig, Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnik, Braunschweig, West Germany
Abstract :
The pulse distortion due to energy reconversion from higher-order modes into the fundamental mode in randomly bent single-mode fibres is calculated. Pulse distortion can be reduced by either introducing mode filters or by a sufficiently large attenuation of the higher-order modes. Simple design considerations are given.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; energy reconversion; microbending; pulse distortion; single mode optical fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19770035
