Title :
Far-field profiling of multimode optical fibres
Author_Institution :
Universitÿt Karlsrÿhe, Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnik und Quantenelektronik, Karlsrÿhe, West Germany
Abstract :
Using a recently published relation between far-field intensity and refractive index profile a monotonically decreasing equivalent profile is calculated from measured far-field data. The resulting smooth function may be fitted to composite or multiple ¿-profiles very well.
Keywords :
optical fibres; refractive index measurement; far field profiling; monotonically decreasing equivalent profile; multimode optical fibres; refractive index profiling;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810270