Method for calculating the coupling coefficient in step-index optical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1477-1481

  Savović, Svetislav ^a,b   Djordjevich, Alexandar ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Faculty of Science   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; EQUILIBRIUM MODE DISTRIBUTION; FIBER LENGTH; STEP INDEX OPTICAL FIBERS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 34247539178     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001477     Document Type: Article

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