Abstract
In the first four chapters we assumed that optical waveguides are uniform, with refractive-index profiles and cross-sections which are unchanged along their length. In practice, however, this need not be the case because of imperfections in manufacturing techniques and external stresses acting on fibers. Even an ideal nonabsorbing fiber made from optically transparent materials has an innate variation along its length due to the molecular granularity of matter. Accordingly we consider nonuniform fibers in this chapter, characterized by profiles and cross-sections which vary along their length. Nonuniformities are sometimes introduced intentionally to achieve particular pulse-spreading characteristics or for devices such as tapers.
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Snyder, A.W., Love, J.D. (1983). Nonuniform fibers. In: Optical Waveguide Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2813-1_6
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