Mode coupling contribution to radiation losses in curvatures for high and low numerical aperture plastic optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1160-1164

  Losada, M A ^b   Garces I ^a,b   Mateo, J ^a,b   Salinas, I ^b   Lou, J ^b   Zubia J ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curvature losses; Mode coupling; Plastic optical fiber (POF)

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SILICON SENSORS;

MODAL POWER TRANSFER; MODE COUPLING; OPTICAL POWER LOSS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER; RADIATION LOSS;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0036630463     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.800377     Document Type: Article

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