Title :
Random bend losses in single-mode optical-fibre cables: power-spectrum estimation from spectral losses
Author :
Furuya, Kazuhito ; Suematsu, Yasuharu
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
For single-mode optical-fibre cables, power spectra of random bends were estimated to be Gaussian with correlation lengths of around 1 mm. The method was to fit measured curves of loss against wavelength to theoretical ones.
Keywords :
losses; optical fibres; correlation lengths; power spectra; random bend losses curvature functions; single mode optical fibre cables; spectral losses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19780438
