Abstract
Several multimode optical waveguide attenuation measurement techniques are described in terms of the basic phenomenological propagation model. Previous interfacility variations can be explained primarily on the sensitivity of modern low-loss waveguides to the effective mode volume of the launch conditions and the state of mode coupling in the test length. Direct measurement of EMV transfer and EMV dependent attenuation is seen to be a possible method of reducing variations.
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