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  • Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011
  • (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
  • paper C985

The Effect of Core Geometry on Focal Ratio Degradation in Optical Fibres for Astronomy

Anthony Horton, Michael Goodwin, Brian Baumgartner, and Tobias Feger

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Abstract

Focal ratio degradation (FRD) in multimode optical fibres is an important constraint on the design of fibre fed astronomical instrumentation. We have investigated the effect on FRD of fibre core geometry, including square and hexagonal cross-sections.

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