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Transmission characteristics of three corning multimode optical fibers
Abstract:
The loss spectra, refractive-index profiles, numerical apertures, and pulse dispersion characteristics of three multimode optical fibers made by Corning Glass Works have been measured at Bell Laboratories. The lowest transmission loss, 4.3-6.8 dB/km, was observed at 1.06-microm wavelength; in the 0.8-0.9-microm spectral region the losses ranged from 6.6 dB/km to 11.6 dB/km. The numerical apertures of the fibers, designated as Nos. 1, 2, and 3, were calculated from the measured refractive-index differences to be 0.133, 0.157, and 0.121, respectively. Pulse dispersion due to multimode effects in fiber No. 1 (1 km long) was 8.4 nsec at 0.9-microm wavelength; the values were 6.0 nsec for fiber No. 2 (0.363 km long) and 2.6 nsec for fiber No. 3 (0.290Km).
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