Abstract

Mode conversion at splices of multimode optical fibers with power-law graded-index is investigated. With the assumption that the multitude of modes may be regarded to be a continuum, the boundary value problem is approximated by a geometric analysis, which eases the interpretation of mode splitting at splices. Although the approximation is not rigorous it provides a new approach for the determination of mode splitting at splices, generating results supported by published data. These results are used to verify the realizability of the optical equalization technique.

© 1983 Optical Society of America

Splice loss and mode conversion in a multimode fiber

Norio Kashima
Appl. Opt. 19(15) 2597-2601 (1980)

Reflection properties of splices in graded-index optical fibers

Norio Kashima and Izumi Sankawa
Appl. Opt. 22(23) 3820-3825 (1983)

Misalignment losses at multimode graded-index fiber splices and GRIN rod lens couplers

J. M. Senior, S. D. Cusworth, N. G. Burrow, and A. D. Muirhead
Appl. Opt. 24(7) 977-983 (1985)

Transmission characteristics of splices in graded-index multimode fibers

Norio Kashima
Appl. Opt. 20(22) 3859-3866 (1981)

Transfer function of long spliced graded-index fibers with mode scramblers

Masahiro Ikeda and Kenichi Kitayama
Appl. Opt. 17(1) 63-67 (1978)