Pulse response of a graded-index optical fibre

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Published 22/07/2012

Abstract

An analysis has been made of pulse dispersion in an optical fibre having a continuous radial variation of refractive index. Solutions are presented for Selfoc fibre showing the effects of mode and material dispersion and of group delay. The predicted dispersions range from very low values up to about 1 ns/km, depending on the launching conditions.

Inspec keywords: dispersion (wave); fibre optics

Other keywords: group delay; graded index optical fibre; pulse response; fibre optics; dispersion (wave); refractive index

Subjects: Fibre optics; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides

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