• DocumentCode
    947986
  • Title

    Use of principal mode numbers in the theory of microbending

  • Author

    Arnaud, Jerome

  • Author_Institution
    UER des Sciences, Laboratoire d´Ã\x89lectronique des Microondes, Limoges, France
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    663
  • Lastpage
    664
  • Abstract
    The modal theories of microbending that have been proposed so far postulate that modes that have the same principal mode number carry the same optical power. This assumption is shown to be incorrect. The exact result is given.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; microbending; modal theories; optical power; principal mode numbers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19780445
  • Filename
    4242633