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Modal interference in a short fiber section: fiber length, splice loss, cutoff, and wavelength dependences

K. Abe, Y. Lacroix, L. Bonnell, and Z. Jakubczyk

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Abstract

Strictly speaking, the single-mode fibers currently being used for telecommunication applications are not purely single mode at 1300 nm. Accordingly, two modes with slightly different propagation constants can cause modal interference (MI) when a short fiber section (stub) or a pigtail fiber is inserted within a fiber link. The phenomenon has been extensively investigated1,2 because it is a potential source of modal noise.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

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