BEAM QUALITY FACTOR OF THE LP(01) MODE OF THE STEP-INDEX FIBER

Authors
BELANGER PA
Citation
Pa. Belanger, BEAM QUALITY FACTOR OF THE LP(01) MODE OF THE STEP-INDEX FIBER, Optical engineering, 32(9), 1993, pp. 2107-2109
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optical engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00913286
Volume
32
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2107 - 2109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-3286(1993)32:9<2107:BQFOTL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The beam quality factor M(Q)2 of the LP01 mode of the step-index fiber is calculated in a closed form. Propagation of the mode through an op tical system can thereafter be described using the ABCD ray's matrix.