Optimum refractive–index profile of the graded–index polymer optical fiber, toward gigabit data links

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2048-2053

  Ishigure, Takaaki ^a,b   Nihei, Eisuke ^a,b   Koike, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graded index; High bandwidth; Material dispersion; Modal dispersion; Polymer optical fiber (POF); WKB method

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; CURVE FITTING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

ABBES REFRACTOMETER; GIGABIT DATA LINKS; MODAL DISPERSION; POLYHEXAFLUORO ISOPROPYL FLUOROACRYLATE; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER; SELLMEIER FITTING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030120468     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002048     Document Type: Article

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