Radiation from curved single-mode fibres

A study of propagation in curved single-mode fibres shows that the transmission loss increases sharply below a critical bend radius. However the radiation does not leak away uniformly with distance but in a series of discrete well-defined rays.

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Main Authors: Gambling, W.A (Author), Payne, David (Author), Matsumura, H. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1976.
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Summary:A study of propagation in curved single-mode fibres shows that the transmission loss increases sharply below a critical bend radius. However the radiation does not leak away uniformly with distance but in a series of discrete well-defined rays.