• DocumentCode
    944773
  • Title

    Jointing loss in single-mode fibres

  • Author

    Gambling, W.A. ; Matsumura, Hiroshi ; Cowley, A.G.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    The jointing loss of single-mode fibres is mainly dependent on their numerical apertures, and is largely independent of normalised frequency and fibre diameter. The letter presents simple loss predictions as an aid for practical design work of single-mode fibre joints.
  • Keywords
    optical couplers; optical fibres; jointing loss; loss predictions; numerical apertures; single mode fibres;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19780039
  • Filename
    4240773