Title :
Method of calculating the modal delay for optical fibres with arbitrary refractive-index profiles
Author :
Irving, D.H. ; Karbowiak, A.E.
Author_Institution :
University of New South Wales, Department of Communications, School of Electrical Engineering, Kensington, Australia
Abstract :
A method for calculating the modal delay characteristics of multimode optical fibres with arbitrary refractive index profiles is described, which is quick, accurate, and can be used with either an analytical or an experimentally measured profile.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; arbitrary refractive index profiles; modal delay calculation method; multimode optical fibres; optical waveguide theory;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790114
