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Graded-index fiber

释义

Pulse dispersion
References

In fiber optics, a graded index is an optical fiber whose core has a refractive index that decreases with increasing radial distance from the optical axis of the fiber.

Because parts of the core closer to the fiber axis have a higher refractive index than the parts near the cladding, light rays follow sinusoidal paths down the fiber. The most common refractive index profile for a graded-index fiber is very nearly parabolic. The parabolic profile results in continual refocusing of the rays in the core, and minimizes modal dispersion.

Multi-mode optical fiber can be built with either graded index or step index. The advantage of the multi-mode graded index compared to the multi-mode step index is the considerable decrease in modal dispersion. Modal dispersion can be further decreased by selecting a smaller core size (less than 5-10μm) and forming a single mode step index fiber.^[1]

This type of fiber is normalized by the International Telecommunications Union ITU-T at recommendation G.651.1.^[2]

Pulse dispersion

Pulse dispersion in a graded index optical fiber is given by

{{Citation needed|reason=This formula seems to assume that a pulse will happily travel along the cladding. In reality, I thought the whole point of GRIN fibre was to make the pulse travelling down the centre of the fibre go slower (due to higher refractive index) than the pulse travelling on a sinusoidal path close to the cladding. If there's a distinction between modal and pulse dispertion that I'm missing, then this should definitely be expounded upon here.|date=March 2013}}

where

is the difference in refractive indices of core and cladding,

is the refractive index of the cladding,

is the length of the fiber taken for observing the pulse dispersion,

is the speed of light, and

is the constant of graded index profile.

References

1. ^{{citation|title=A Reference Guide to Optical Fibers and Light Guides |url=http://www.pti-nj.com/OldWeb/obb_fiber2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722113120/http://www.pti-nj.com/OldWeb/obb_fiber2.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2015-07-22 |accessdate=2015-04-22 }}
2. ^{{citation |title=Characteristics of a 50/125 µm multimode graded index optical fibre cable for the optical access network |url=http://www.itu.int/itu-t/recommendations/rec.aspx?id=9181 |accessdate=2012-11-23}}

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