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2014-03-01
A Rapid Accurate Technique to Calculate the Group Delay, Dispersion and Dispersion Slope of Arbitrary Radial Refractive Index Profile Weakly-Guiding Optical Fibers
By
Raushan Mussina,

    Ms. Raushan Mussina

    Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

    University College London

    UK

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David R. Selviah,

    Dr. David R. Selviah

    Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

    University College London, UCL

    UK

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F. Fernandez,

    Dr. F. Fernandez

    Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

    University College London

    UK

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Antonius G. Tijhuis,

    Prof. Antonius G. Tijhuis

    Electromagnetics Department

    Eindhoven University of Technology

    The Netherlands

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Bastiaan P. de Hon

    Prof. Bastiaan P. de Hon

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Eindhoven University of Technology

    The Netherlands

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 145, 93-113, 2014
doi:10.2528/PIER13031203
Abstract
This paper introduces a new numerical method to calculate the group delay, chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope of weakly-guiding optical fibers with arbitrary radial refractive index profiles. It is based on the analytic differentiation of the propagation coefficient up to the third order. The simulation results are compared to experimental data, with those calculated by other approaches and exact data where possible. Due to the analytical differentiation of the matrix equation, the method is more accurate compared to other approaches, it is also much faster than numerical differentiation as allows avoiding repeated solution of the eigenvalue problem to calculate the derivatives of the propagation coefficient. The precision of the method is limited only by the approximation errors of the mode solver. The Galerkin method with Laguerre-Gauss basis functions is used to determine the propagation coefficients of weakly-guiding structures. The new method enables fiber manufacturers to rapidly design dispersion characteristics of graded index, step index, single- and multiple-clad fibers, as well as few-mode and bend insensitive fibers.
Citation
Raushan Mussina, David R. Selviah, F. Fernandez, Antonius G. Tijhuis, and Bastiaan P. de Hon, "A Rapid Accurate Technique to Calculate the Group Delay, Dispersion and Dispersion Slope of Arbitrary Radial Refractive Index Profile Weakly-Guiding Optical Fibers," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 145, 93-113, 2014.
doi:10.2528/PIER13031203
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