Abstract
A theoretical expression is derived, based on a geometrical optics approach, with which to predict light-transmission losses in multimode plastic optical fibers for office or home lighting. Two types of optical ray arrangement, meridional ray and skew ray, are evaluated, and five loss mechanisms are identified and considered. The meridional arrangement results in a lower overall loss of light than the skew ray arrangement. The theoretical results were compared with experimental measurements taken for a 0.5-cm-diameter polymer optical fiber. For optical rays entering the fiber at incident angles of less than 20°, the theoretical results are in good agreement with the empirical results.
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