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Anomalous loss in depressed-cladding and W-fibres

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Anomolous spikes in the loss spectrum of practical depressed-cladding fibres with a finite cladding and absorbing jacket can be explained in terms of a combination of three effects — the excitation conditions, the absorption behaviour of core and cladding modes, and the slight variation in the fibre diameter along its length.

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  1. Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK

    W. M. Henry

  2. Optical Sciences Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    J. D. Love

  3. Department of Communications, School of Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia

    G. -D. Peng

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Henry, W.M., Love, J.D. & Peng, G.D. Anomalous loss in depressed-cladding and W-fibres. Opt Quant Electron 25, 409–416 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420582

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