Abstract
Time-dependent coupled-power equations describing the transmission of light in multimode optical fibers are discussed, and a new method, using the temporal moments of transmitted light pulses, is described. This method, as well as showing details of a fiber’s steady state and how it is reached, yields approximate equations for the length-dependence of pulse broadening in long chains of nonuniform fibers with mode mixing. These approximations are based on closed-form solutions for a two-mode waveguide, but they are generalized and seem to be useful as a mathematical model for long optical cables.
© 1979 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Magnus Karlsson
Opt. Lett. 23(9) 688-690 (1998)
Yutaka Katsuyama, Satoshi Mochizuki, Koushi Ishihara, and Tadashi Miyashita
Appl. Opt. 18(13) 2232-2236 (1979)
M. R. Layton and J. A. Bucaro
Appl. Opt. 18(5) 666-670 (1979)