Title : 
Method of assessing index profile data
         
        
            Author : 
Hazan, J.P. ; Cabanie, J.P. ; Bernard, J.J.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Laboratoires d´Electronique et de Physique appliquée, Limeil-Brévannes, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We describe a practical method for assessing profile data which is applicable to a large class of profiles. It is repeatable, can be used routinely with little computational hardware and visualises clearly and quantitatively the local ¿ value along a radius.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibres; refractive index measurement; index profile data; optical fibre;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19780280