Mussina, R;
Selviah, DR;
Fernandez, FA;
Tijhuis, AG;
de Hon, BP;
(2013)
Numerical modeling method for the dispersion characteristics of single-mode and multimode weakly-guiding optical fibers with arbitrary radial refractive index profiles.
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Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXI.
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Abstract
Accurate, reliable and fast numerical modeling methods are required to design the optimum radial refractive index profile for single and multimode fibers to give specific dispersion characteristics prior to or even obviating costly experimental work. Such profiles include graded index and multiple concentric cladding layers. In this paper, a new numerical method is introduced which enables the derivatives of the propagation coefficient to be calculated analytically up to the third order of a single mode or multimode weakly guiding optical fiber with an arbitrary radial refractive index profile. These quantities are required to determine the group delay, τg, chromatic dispersion, D, and dispersion slope of the fiber. The expansion of the modal fields in terms of Laguerre-Gauss polynomials in the Galerkin method offers certain benefits. In particular, due to simplicity of the basis functions it is possible to carry out further analytical work on the results such as repeated differentiation of the matrix equation resulting from the Galerkin method to define up to the third-order derivatives of the propagation coefficients with respect to wavelength. This avoids approximation errors inherent in numerical differentiation, giving better accuracy and, at the same time, significantly reduces the computation time. A computer program was developed to demonstrate the proposed method for single and multimode fibers with radially arbitrary refractive index profiles. The paper provides simulation results to validate the approach.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Numerical modeling method for the dispersion characteristics of single-mode and multimode weakly-guiding optical fibers with arbitrary radial refractive index profiles |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2002804 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright 2013 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. |
| Keywords: | dispersion, dispersion slope, single-mode fibers, few-mode fibers, step-index fibers, double-clad fibers, triple-clad fibers, graded index profile, analytical dispersion evaluation, Galerkin method |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1397223 |
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