• DocumentCode
    996833
  • Title

    Effect of dip in the referctive index on the cut-off frequency of a single-mode fibre

  • Author

    Gambling, W.A. ; Payne, David N. ; Matsumura, Hiroshi

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    174
  • Lastpage
    175
  • Abstract
    The normalised frequency for single-mode cut-off in an optical fibre has been calculated as a function of the dip in the refractive index at the centre of the core. For a particular class of profiles, dip width up to 40% have a negligible effect on the propagation characteristics.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; refractive index; cut off frequency; dip effect; dip widths; optical fibre; propagation characteristics; refractive index; single mode fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19770128
  • Filename
    4249274