Principal modes in graded-index multimode fiber in presence of spatial- and polarization-mode coupling

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1248-1261

  Shemirani, Mahdieh B ^a   Mao, Wei ^b   Panicker, Rahul Alex ^c   Kahn, Joseph M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^c Embrace   (United States)

Author keywords

Bends; Coherence bandwidth; Group delays; High coupling regime; Impulse response; Low coupling regime; Multimode fiber; Polarization coupling; Principal modes; Spatial coupling

Indexed keywords

BENDS; COHERENCE BANDWIDTH; GROUP DELAYS; HIGH COUPLING REGIME; LOW COUPLING REGIME; POLARIZATION COUPLING; PRINCIPAL MODES; SPATIAL COUPLING;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MULTIMODE FIBERS; POLARIZATION; POLYBUTADIENES; SCANNING; SILICA;

FIBERS;

EID: 65949083337     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2005066     Document Type: Article

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