LIGHT-PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS IN THERMALLY DIFFUSED EXPANDED CORE FIBERS

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作者
SHIRAISHI, K
YANAGI, T
KAWAKAMI, S
机构
[1] TOHOKU ELECT POWER CO LTD,TECH STAFF,AOBA KU,SENDAI 980,JAPAN
[2] TOHOKU UNIV,ELECT COMMUN RES INST,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
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10.1109/50.249900
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Characteristics of light propagation in thermally diffused expanded-core (TEC) fibers are analyzed. Changes in the modal-field distributions along fibers and transition losses are obtained by use of the propagating-beam method. It is found that a transition length sufficiently longer than the characteristic length is necessary to expand or reduce the field diameter with low losses. A simplified model for understanding the mechanism of light propagation in TEC fibers is presented. Transmission losses between TEC fibers having imperfect splices are measured, the results are compared with those obtained by a simple and an exact theories.
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页码:1584 / 1591
页数:8
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