Supersymmetric analysis of stochastic micro-bending in optical waveguides
Abstract
Micro-bending attenuation in an optical waveguide can be modeled by a Fokker-Planck equation. It is shown that a supersymmetric transformation applied to the Fokker-Planck equation is equivalent to a change in the refractive index profile, resulting in a larger or smaller attenuation. For a broad class of monomial index profiles, it is always possible to obtain an index profile with a larger micro-bending attenuation using a supersymmetric transformation. However, obtaining a smaller attenuation is not always possible and is restricted to a subset of index profiles.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 25, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1364/osac.415662
Entities
People
- Arash Mafi
- Rouzbeh Allahverdi
- Stuart Ward
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- University of New Mexico