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3 January 1995 Transmission of straight and curved multimode optical fibers
Ivan S. Melnik, Igor Kravchenko, Nikolay A. Denisov, Sergiy M. Dets, Tatyana V. Rusina
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Abstract
Bent multimode optical fibers were studied using a 3D ray tracing program. Effect of fiber bending increased with smaller input aperture beams. Transmission of fibers decreased for the longer proximal straight part of the fiber. Significant focusing effect and output light redistribution were detected if a proximal straight part of the fiber was less than 1 fiber diameter. Transmission of hollow waveguides considerably depended on the inner surface quality. Calculated data were in accordance with experimental measurements of fiber transmission and output light distribution. Ray tracing is a useful approach to simulate different delivery systems using optical fibers and hollow waveguides.
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Ivan S. Melnik, Igor Kravchenko, Nikolay A. Denisov, Sergiy M. Dets, and Tatyana V. Rusina "Transmission of straight and curved multimode optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 2631, Medical and Fiber Optic Sensors and Delivery Systems, (3 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229186
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KEYWORDS
Optical fibers

Hollow waveguides

Multimode fibers

Ray tracing

Waveguides

Surface roughness

3D displays

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