Bend loss in single-mode fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 671-679

  Faustini, Luca ^b,c,d   Martini, Giuseppe ^a,b,e,f  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d CSELT   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f CSELT ^*

Author keywords

Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber theory; Optical propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL FIBER BEND LOSS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031118104     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.566689     Document Type: Article

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