Effect of Cladding Thickness on Attenuation in Uniformly Curved Single-Mode Optical Fibers.

Abstract

This report analyzes the effect of finite cladding thickness on attenuation loss in uniformly curved single-mode optical fibers. An approximate electromagnetic analysis valid for relatively small cladding thicknesses and fiber radii of curvature in the centimeter to millimeter range is presented. Numerical results for fibers used in actual SKYRAY Fiber Optics Project field tests are presented and discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA238034

Entities

People

  • Gary A. Hewer
  • P. L. Overfelt

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Attenuation
  • Curvature
  • Diameters
  • Fiber Optics
  • Field Tests
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Lines (Geometry)
  • Losses
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Standards
  • Thickness
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.