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Ray theory and random mode coupling in an optical fibre waveguide. II

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Ray theory has been proved to work in Part I and is now applied to general graded fibres. A new approach to the time problem is described and a hidden effect of random distortion is analysed. It is concluded that the bandwidth of very well graded fibres may not be improved by random mode coupling.

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  1. Post Office Research Centre, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, UK

    M. Eve

  2. Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK

    J. H. Hannay

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Eve, M., Hannay, J.H. Ray theory and random mode coupling in an optical fibre waveguide. II. Opt Quant Electron 8, 509–512 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00620141

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