• DocumentCode
    996480
  • Title

    Measurement of normalised frequency in single-mode optical fibres

  • Author

    Gambling, W.A. ; Payne, David N. ; Matsumura, Hiroshi ; Norman, Suresh R.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    135
  • Abstract
    It is shown that methods of measuring the normalised frequency in single-mode fibres through observation of mode cut-off wavelengths give erroneous results. This is because the various loss mechanisms which exist in a practical fibre can have an appreciable eflfect near cut-off.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; mode cut off wavelengths; normalised frequency; single mode optical fibres;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19770094
  • Filename
    4249238
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=996480