Rayleigh and Mie Scattering in polymer optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3137-3146

  Bunge, Christian Alexander ^a   Kruglov, Roman ^b   Poisel, Hans ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY OF CONTROL SYSTEMS AND RADIOELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; Multimode fiber; Optical communication; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber measurement applications; Optical fiber measurements; Particle scattering; Polymer optical fiber (POF); Rayleigh scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

MIE SCATTERING; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SCATTERING; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER (POF);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33747585153     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.878077     Document Type: Article

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