• DocumentCode
    943696
  • Title

    Simple characterisation factor for practical single-mode fibres

  • Author

    Gambling, W.A. ; Matsumura, Hiroshi

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    691
  • Lastpage
    693
  • Abstract
    The spot size of the HE11 mode in a practical single-mode fibre mainly depends on the numerical aperture and not on the normalised frequency. An alternative definition of spot size in terms of a matching Gaussian beam is much simpler to use.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; HE11 mode; characterisation factor; matching Gaussian beam; single mode fibre; spot size;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19770489
  • Filename
    4240635
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=943696