Journal article
Direct deflection method for determining refractive-index profiles of polymer optical fiber preforms
Applied optics (2004), Vol.41(17), pp.3404-3411
06/10/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114007
PMID: 12074511
Abstract
We present a method for determining the refractive-index profile of polymer optical fiber preforms through a direct-deflection measurement. The method is simple to use, compact, and has good resolution. The profile is obtained from the deflection data by numerically integrating the differential-ray equation for a radial refractive-index gradient. Corrections for topographical deviations are also discussed. Results for both graded-index and step-index fibers are presented.
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- Title
- Direct deflection method for determining refractive-index profiles of polymer optical fiber preforms
- Creators
- Brian K Canfield - Washington State University, Department of Physics, Pullman 99164-2814, USA. bcanfie@mail.wsu.eduChristopher S KwiatkowskiMark G Kuzyk
- Publication Details
- Applied optics (2004), Vol.41(17), pp.3404-3411
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900548158501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article