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Loss calculations in bent multimode optical waveguides

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We present a straightforward geometric optics method to calculate the power attenuation induced by a circular bend in the axis of a multimode optical waveguide. The method involves tracing of rays and use of generalized power transmission coefficients. Both slab and fibre waveguides (with either step-index or parabolic core profiles) have been considered; the source has been assumed to be Lambertian.

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  1. A. K. Ghatak

    Present address: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, 110 029, New Delhi, India

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  1. Institute of Advanced Studies, Department of Applied Mathematics, Australian National University, 2600, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    C. Winkler, J. D. Love & A. K. Ghatak

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Winkler, C., Love, J.D. & Ghatak, A.K. Loss calculations in bent multimode optical waveguides. Opt Quant Electron 11, 173–183 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00624396

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