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Optical Fiber Communications
Salim Qadir Mohammed
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Block Diagram of a Communication
System
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Channel (Transmission Media)
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UNGUIDED MEDIA: WIRELESS
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Unguided media transport electromagnetic waves without using a physical conductor.
This type of communication is often referred to as wireless communication
Radio Waves
Microwaves
Infrared
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Bands
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Optical Fiber Waveguide
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Light as a Wave
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Fiber optic transmission
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Fiber optic transmission
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Two main sources: LEDs and lasersLight Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Cheap sources , easy to fabricate and use
Large spot size for coupling to multimode fibers (62.5 mm core)
Suitable only for low rate applications and short distances
Lasers
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Small concentrated spot size for coupling to single mode fibers (8-9 mm core)
Enables longer distances and higher data rates Costly , more complex and difficult to fabricate
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Detailed Link Design
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Types of Photo detectors
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Two main photo detectors used in optical communication
systems
pin photodiodes
At best one electron generated when one photon absorbed
Avalanche photodiodes
The produced electron is induced a high electric field to knock off
extra electrons avalanche multiplication
More sensitive (can detect weaker signals)
More noisier and requires higher bias voltage
More sensitive to temperature and bias voltage variations
Costlier
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Advantages of Fiber
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Advantages of Fiber
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Advantages of Fiber
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Advantages of Fiber
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Single Fiber Structure
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Bending of Light Ray
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Snells Law
or,
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Ray Theory Transmission (Refraction)
(a): refraction(b): the limiting case of refraction showing the critical ray at an angle
The value of critical angle is given by:23
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Ray Theory Transmission (Reflection)
For total internal reflection:
At angles of incidence greater than the critical anglethe light is reflected back into the originating dielectricmedium with high efficiency (around 99.9%)
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Th T i i f Li h R i
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The Transmission of a Light Ray in a
Perfect Optical Fiber
Meridional ray: passes through the axis of the fiber
core.
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Acceptance Angle
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Acceptance Angle
For rays to be transmitted by total internal reflection within the
fiber core they must be incident on the fiber core within an
acceptance cone defined by the conical half angle a.
ais the maximum angle to the axis at which light may enterthe fiber in order to be propagated, and is often referred to as
the acceptance angle for the fiber.26
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Acceptance Angle (Continued)
A meridional ray A:any rays which are incident into the fiber core at an
angle greater than a will be transmitted to the corecladding interface at an
angle less than c, and will not be totally internally reflected.
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Acceptance Angle (Continued)
Ray B:the incident ray B at an angle greater than ais
refracted into the cladding and eventually lost byradiation.
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A A (C i )
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Acceptance Angle (Continued)
Hence, any rays which are incident into the fiber core at
an angle greater than a will be transmitted to the corecladding interface at an angle less than c, and will not
be totally internally reflected.29
Numerical Aperture (for Meridional Rays)
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Numerical Aperture (for Meridional Rays)
It is possible to continue the ray theory analysis toobtain a relationship between the acceptance angleand the refractive indices of the three media involved,namely the core, cladding and air.
This leads to the definition of a more generally usedterm, the numerical aperture of the fiber.
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Numerical Aperture (for Meridional Rays)
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Numerical Aperture (for Meridional Rays)
The numerical aperture(NA) is defined as:
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Numerical Aperture (for Meridional Rays)
The numerical aperture(NA) may also be given in
terms of the relative refractive index difference
between the core and the cladding which is defined as:
Note:
:I : is the index difference
:i : is the fractional index difference
Therefore, the numerical aperture(NA) is given by:
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Skew Rays
Another category of ray known as skew ray, exists which is
transmitted without passing through the fiber axis. Theserays, which greatly outnumber the meridional rays, follow
a helical path through the fiber.
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Acceptance Angle for Skew Rays
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Acceptance Angle for Skew Rays
In order to calculate the acceptance angle for a skew ray it isnecessary to define the direction of the ray in two perpendicular
planes.
A skew ray is incident on the fiber core at the point A, at an angle s
to the normal at the fiber end face. The ray is refracted at the aircore interface before traveling to the point B in the same plane.
The angles of incidence and reflection at the point B are ,which isgreater than the critical angle for the corecladding interface.
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Acceptance Angle for Skew Rays (Continued)
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p g y ( )
When considering the ray between A and B it is necessary to resolve
the direction of the ray path AB to the core radius at the point B. The incident and reflected rays at the point B are in the same plane.
is the angle between the core radius and the projection of the rayonto a plane BRS normal to the core axis
is the angle between the ray and a line AT drawn parallel to thecore axis. Thus to resolve the ray path AB relative to the radius BRin these two perpendicular planes requires multiplication by cos and sin .
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Acceptance Angle for Skew Rays (Continued)
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p g y ( ) The reflection at point B at an angle may be given by:
If the limiting case for total internal reflection is nowconsidered, then becomes equal to the critical angle cfor thecorecladding interface. Therefore,
Furthermore, using Snellslaw at the pointA:
Thus the acceptance conditions for skew rays are:
where a represents the maximum input angle or acceptanceangle for skew rays.
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Acceptance Angle for Skew Rays (Continued)
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p g y ( )
Skew rays are accepted at larger axial angles in a given fiberthan meridional rays, depending upon the value of cos .
In fact, for meridional rays cos is equal to unity and asbecomes equal to a.
Thus although a is the maximum conical half angle for the
acceptance of meridional rays, it defines the minimum input
angle for skew rays.
skew rays tend to propagate only in the annular region near theouter surface of the core, and do not fully utilize the core as a
transmission medium.37
Electromagnetic waves
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g
The basis for the study of electromagnetic wave propagation is
provided by Maxwellsequations.
For a medium with zero conductivity these vector relationshipsmay be written in terms of the electric field E,magnetic field
H,electric flux density Dand magnetic flux density Bas
the curl equations:
and the divergence conditions:
where is a vector operator. 38
Electromagnetic waves (Continued)
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g ( )
The four field vectors are related by the relations:
where is the dielectric permittivity and is the magnetic
permeability of the medium.
Substituting for D and B and taking the curl of the aboveequations:
Then using the divergence conditions:
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Electromagnetic waves (Continued)
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g ( ) We obtain the wave equations: :
and:
where 2 is the Laplacian operator.
For rectangular Cartesian and cylindrical polar coordinates theabove wave equations hold for each component of the fieldvector, every component satisfying the scalar wave equation:
where may represent a component of the EorHfield andpis thephase velocity.
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Electromagnetic waves (Continued)
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g ( )
pis the phase velocity (velocity of propagation of a point of
constant phase in the wave) in the dielectric medium.
It follows that:
where rand rare the relative permeability and permittivityfor the dielectric medium and 0 and 0 are the permeability
and permittivity of free space.
The velocity of light in free space c is therefore:
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Electromagnetic waves (Continued)
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The basic solution of the wave equation is a sinusoidal wave, the
most important form of which is a uniform plane wave given by:
where is the angular frequency of the field, t is the time, kis
the propagation vector which gives the direction of propagation
and the rate of change of phase with distance, while the
components of r specify the coordinate point at which the fieldis observed.
When is the optical wavelength in a vacuum, the magnitude
of the propagation vector or the vacuum phase propagation
constant (wave number)k(wherek= |k|)is given by:
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Modes in a Planar Guide
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Modes in a Planar Guide
The planar guide is the simplest form of optical waveguide.
We may assume it consists of a slab of dielectric with
refractive index n1sandwiched between two regions of lower
refractive index n2.
In order to obtain an improved model for optical propagation it
is useful to consider the interference of plane wavecomponents within this dielectric waveguide.
The conceptual transition from ray to wave theory may be
aided by consideration of a plane monochromatic wave
propagating in the direction of the ray path within the guide
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
As the refractive index within the guide is n1, the optical
wavelength in this region is reduced to /n1, while the vacuum
propagation constant is increased to n1k.
is the angle between the wave propagation vector or the
equivalent ray and the guide axis.44
Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
The plane wave can be resolved into two component plane
waves propagating in the z and x directions:
The component of the phase propagation constant in the zdirection zis given by:
The component of the phase propagation constant in the x
direction xis:
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
The component of the plane wave in the x direction is reflected
at the interface between the higher and lower refractive index
media. When the total phase change after two successive reflections at
the upper and lower interfaces (between the points P and Q) is
equal to 2mradians, where m is an integer, then constructive
interference occurs and a standing wave is obtained in the xdirection.
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In this illustration it is assumed that the interference forms the
lowest order (where m = 0) standing wave, where the electric
field is a maximum at the center of the guide decaying towards
zero at the boundary between the guide and cladding. However, it may be observed from that the electric field
penetrates some distance into the cladding47
Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
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The stable field distribution in the x direction with only a
periodic z dependence is known as a mode.
A specific mode is obtained only when the angle between the
propagation vectors or the rays and the interface have a
particular value, as indicated in the figure.
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
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The order of a mode, m, is equal to the number of zeros in the
transverse field pattern. In this way m signifies the order of the
mode and is known as the mode number.
The order of mode is also related to the angle that the ray
congruence makes with the plane of the waveguide. That is,
the steeper the angle, the higher the order of the mode.
To visualize the dominant modes propagating in the z direction
we may consider plane waves corresponding to rays atdifferent specific angles in the planar guide.
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
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Physical model showing the ray propagation for m = 1, 2, 3, together
with the electric field distributions in the x direction. It may be observed
that m denotes the number of zeros in this transverse field pattern.
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Modes in a Planar Guide (Continued)
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When light is described as an electromagnetic wave it consistsof a periodically varying electric field Eand magnetic field H
which are orientated at right angles to each other. when the electric field is perpendicular to the direction of
propagation and hence Ez= 0, but a corresponding componentof the magnetic field His in the direction of propagation. In
this instance the modes are said to be transverse electric (TE). When a component of the E field is in the direction of
propagation, but Hz= 0, the modes formed are calle transversemagnetic (TM).
When the total field lies in the transverse plane, transverseelectromagnetic (TEM) waves exist where both Ezand Hzarezero. TEM waves occur in metallic conductors (e.g. coaxialcables) they are seldom found in optical waveguides.
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Phase and Group Velocity
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Within all electromagnetic waves, whether plane or
otherwise, there are points of constant phase.
For plane waves these constant phase points form a
surface which is referred to as a wavefront
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Phase and Group Velocity (Continued)A h i li h l id
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As a monochromatic lightwave propagates along a waveguidein the z direction these points of constant phase travel at a
phase velocityp
given by:
where is the angular frequency of the wave.
However, it is impossible in practice to produce perfectlymonochromatic lightwaves, and light energy is generallycomposed of a sum of plane wave components of differentfrequencies.
Often the situation exists where a group of waves with closelysimilar frequencies propagate so that their resultant forms apacket of waves.
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Phase and Group Velocity (Continued)
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This wave packet does not travel at the phase velocity of the
individual waves but is observed to move at a group velocity ggiven by:
The group velocity is of greatest importance in the study of the
transmission characteristics of optical fibers as it relates to thepropagation characteristics of observable wavegroups orpackets of light.
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Phase and Group Velocity (Continued)If i i i fi i di f f i i d 1 i
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If propagation in an infinite medium of refractive index n1 is
considered, then the propagation constant may be written as:
we can obtain the following relationship for the phase velocity:
Similarly, employing Eq. (2.37), where in the limit /becomes d/d, we
can obtain the following relationship for the group velocity:
The parameter Ng is known
as the group index of the
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Phase Shift with Total Internal Reflection
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The wave equation in Cartesian coordinates for the electric field in a
lossless medium is:
As the guidecladding interface lies in the yz plane and the wave isincident in the xz plane onto the interface, then /ymay be assumed
to be zero.
A wave incident on the guidecladding
interface of a planar dielectric
waveguide.
The wave vectors of the incident,
transmitted and reflected waves are
indicated (solid arrowed lines) together
with their components in the z and x
directions(dashed arrowed lines)
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Since the phase fronts must match all points along the interfacein the z direction, the three waves shown will have the same
propagation constant in this direction. The wave propagationin the z direction may be described by exp[ j(t z)].
In addition, there will also be propagation in the x direction.
When the components are resolved in this plane:
where x1is propagation constant in the x direction for the guide
x2is propagation constant in the x direction for cladding57
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Using the simple trigonometrical relationship,
Therefore, we can obtain:
where
=z1=z2is propagation constant in the z direction
cos2
+ sin2
= 1
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The three waves in the
waveguide indicated in the
figure, the incident, thetransmitted and the reflected,
with amplitudes A, B and C,
respectively, will have the
forms:
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When an electromagnetic wave is incident upon an interface
between two dielectric media, Maxwellsequations require that
both the tangential components of E and H and the normalcomponents ofD(= E) and B(= H) are continuous across the
boundary.
If the boundary is defined at x = 0 we may consider the cases of
the transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes. Initially, let us consider the TE field at the boundary:
When Eqs (2.44) and (2.46) are used to represent the electric field
components in the y direction Eyand the boundary conditions are
applied, then the normal components of the Eand Hfields at theinterface maybe equated giving:
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F th it b h th t l t i fi ld t
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Furthermore, it can be shown that an electric field component
in the y direction is related to the tangential magnetic field
component Hzfollowing:
Applying the tangential boundary conditions and equating Hzby differentiating Eygives:
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Phase Shift with Total Internal Reflection Algebraic manipulation of Eqs (2 49) and (2 51) provides the
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Algebraic manipulation of Eqs (2.49) and (2.51) provides thefollowing results:
where
rER: is the reflection coefficient for the Efield at the interfacerET: is transmission coefficient for the Efield at the interface
The above equations correspond to the Fresnel relationships forradiation polarized perpendicular to the interface (Epolarization).
When both x1 and x2are real it is clear that the reflected wave Cis in phase with the incident wave A. This corresponds to partialreflection of the incident beam.
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Phase Shift with Total Internal Reflection
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However, as 1is increased the component z(i.e. )increases
and, following Eqs (2.47) and (2.48), the components x1and
x2decrease.
Continuation of this process results in x2passing through zero,
a point which is signified by 1reaching the critical angle for
total internal reflection.
If1is further increased the component x2becomes imaginary
and we may write it in the form j2. During this process
x1remains real because we have assumed that n1> n2, and this
case corresponds to total internal reflection.63
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Under the conditions of total internal reflection Eq (2 52) may
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Under the conditions of total internal reflection Eq. (2.52) may
therefore be written as:
where we observe there is a phase shift of the reflected wave
relative to the incident wave.
This is signified by Ewhich is given by:
Furthermore, the modulus of the reflected wave is identical tothe modulus of the incident wave (| C0| = | A0|).
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These curves illustrate the above results, where underconditions of total internal reflection the reflected wave has an
equal amplitude to the incident wave, but undergoes a phaseshift corresponding to Edegrees.
The curves of the amplitude
reflection coefficient | rER |
and phase shift onreflection, against angle of
incidence 1, for TE waves
incident on a glassair
interface are displayed in
the figure.
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A similar analysis may be applied to the TM modes at the interface,which leads to expressions for reflection and transmission of theform
where
rHR: is the reflection coefficient for the Hfield at the interface.
rHT: is transmission coefficient for the Hfield at the interface.
The above equations correspond to Fresnel relationships, but in thiscase they apply to radiation polarized parallel to the interface (H
polarization).66
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Furthermore, considerations of an increasing angle of incidence1, such that x2 goes to zero and then becomes imaginary,
again results in a phase shift when total internal reflectionoccurs. However, in this case a different phase shift is obtainedcorresponding to:
Note:
The phase shift obtained on total internal reflection isdependent upon both the angle of incidence and the
polarization (either TE or TM) of the radiation67
Evanescent Field The second phenomenon of interest under conditions of total
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The second phenomenon of interest under conditions of totalinternal reflection is the form of the electric field in the cladding ofthe guide. Before the critical angle for total internal reflection is
reached, and hence when there is only partial reflection, the field inthe cladding is of the form given by:
However, as indicated previously, when total internal reflection
occurs, x2=-j2. Substituting forx2in the above equation, gives thetransmitted wave in the cladding as:
Thus the amplitude of the field in the cladding is observed to decayexponentially in the x direction. Such a field, exhibiting anexponentially decaying amplitude, is often referred to as anevanescent field. 68
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The evanescent field stores energy and transports it in the
direction of propagation (z) but does not transport energy in the
transverse direction (x).
Nevertheless, the existence of an evanescent field beyond theplane of reflection in the lower index medium indicates that
optical energy is transmitted into the cladding.
The exponentially decaying
evanescent field in the claddingof the optical waveguide
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p gy g pof the choice of cladding material. It gives rise to the followingrequirements:
1. The cladding should be transparent to light at the wavelengths overwhich the guide is to operate.
2. Ideally, the cladding should consist of a solid material in order to avoidboth damage to the guide and the accumulation of foreign matter on theguide walls. These effects degrade the reflection process by interactionwith the evanescent field. This in part explains the poor performance(high losses) of early optical waveguides with air cladding.
3. The cladding thickness must be sufficient to allow the evanescentfield to decay to a low value or losses from the penetrating energy
may be encountered. In many cases, however, the magnitude of thefield falls off rapidly with distance from the guidecladdinginterface. This may occur within distances equivalent to a fewwavelengths of the transmitted light 70
GoosHaenchen Shift The phase change incurred with the total internal reflection of a
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p glight beam on a planar dielectric interface may be understood from
physical observation.
The geometric reflection appears to take place at a virtual reflectingplane which is parallel to the dielectric interface in the lower indexmedium
Careful examination shows
that the reflected beam is
shifted laterally from the
trajectory predicted by
simple ray theory analysis,
as illustrated in the figure.This lateral displacement is
known as the Goos
Haenchen shift, after its first
observers.
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Cylindrical Fiber Modes In common with the planar guide, TE (where Ez= 0) and TM
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(where Hz = 0) modes are obtained within the dielectriccylinder. The cylindrical waveguide, however, is bounded in
two dimensions rather than one. Thus two integers, l and m, arenecessary in order to specify the modes, in contrast to thesingle integer (m) required for the planar guide.
For the cylindrical waveguide we therefore refer to TElmand
TMlm modes. These modes correspond to meridional raystraveling within the fiber.
Hybrid modes where Ezand Hzare nonzero also occur withinthe cylindrical waveguide. These modes, which result from
skew ray propagation within the fiber, are designated HElmandEHlmdepending upon whether the components of H or E makethe larger contribution to the transverse (to the fiber axis) field.
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Cylindrical Fiber Modes (Continued) The relationship between the traditional HE, EH, TE and TM
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mode designations and the LPlmmode designations is shown in
Table 2.1. The mode subscripts l and m are related to the electric field
intensity profile for a particular LP mode
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Cylindrical Fiber Modes (Continued)The electric field intensity
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y
profiles for the lowest three
LP modes, together with theelectric field distribution of
their constituent exact modes,
are shown in the figure.
(a) LP mode designations
(b) Exact mode designations
(c) Electric field distribution
of the exact modes
(d) Intensity distribution of
Exfor the exact modes
The propagation of particular modes within a fiber may also be
Cylindrical Fiber Modes (Continued)
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confirmed through visual analysis. The electric field
distribution of different modes gives similar distributions oflight intensity within the fiber core.
In Figure 2.19 we illustrate the light intensity distributions
(mode patterns) for two higher order LP modes.
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Normalized Frequency V The normalized frequency is a dimensionless parameter is also
ti i l ll d th V b l f th fib
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sometimes simply called the V number or value of the fiber.
It combines in a very useful manner the information aboutthree important design variables for the fiber: namely, the coreradius a, the relative refractive index difference and theoperating wavelength .
Optical fibers may be produced with particular values ofnormalized frequency which allow only certain modes to
propagate. 76
Normalized Frequency V (Continued)
The lower order
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In addition, the Bessel functions J0 and J1 are plotted against the
normalized frequency and where they cross the zero gives the cutoff point
for the various modes. Hence, the cutoff point for a particular mode corresponds to a distinctive
value of the normalized frequency (where V = Vc) for the fiber.77
The lower order
modes obtained
in a cylindricalhomogeneous
core waveguide
are shown in the
figure.
Normalized Frequency V (Continued) Note: The value ofVcis different for different modes.
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Examples:
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1.The first zero crossing J1occurs when the normalized
frequency V is 0 and this
corresponds to the cutoff for
the LP01mode
2.The first zero crossing for
J0 is when the normalized
frequencyVis 2.405, giving
a cutoff value Vc of 2.405
for the LP11mode.
3. The second zero of J1
corresponds to a normalizedfrequency of 3.83, giving a
cutoff valueVcfor the LP02mode of 3.83.
Normalized Propagation Constant b The normalized propagation constant b is an important
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parameter for optical fiber, which is given by:
Referring to the above expression for the guided modes, the
limits ofaren2kandn1k, hencebmust lie between 0 and 1.
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The propagation constants of
the guided modes lie in therange:
Normalized Propagation Constant b (Continued)
Figure 2.18 shows the
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normalized propagation
constantb
for a number
of LP modes as a
function ofV.
It may be observed that
the cutoff value of
normalized frequency
Vc which occurs when
= n2kcorresponds tob= 0.
Mode Coupling We have considered the propagation aspects of perfect dielectric
waveguides
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waveguides.
However, waveguide perturbations such as deviations of the fiber axis
from straightness, variations in the core diameter, irregularities at the
corecladding interface and refractive index variations may change the
propagation characteristics of the fiber.
These will have the effect of coupling energy traveling in one mode to
another depending on the specific perturbation.
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Single-mode Step Index FibersSingle-mode or
monomode step
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The propagation of a single mode corresponds to a single ray path
only (usually shown as the axial ray) through the fiber.
The single-mode step index fiber has the distinct advantage of lowintermodal dispersion (broadening of transmitted light pulses), asonly one mode is transmitted, whereas with multimode step index
fiber considerable dispersion may occur due to the differing groupvelocities of the propagating modes. This in turn restricts themaximum bandwidth attainable with multimode step index fibers,especially when compared with single-mode fibers. 83
monomode step
index fiber allows
the propagation ofonly one mode
(typically HE11)
Multimode Step Index Fibers
Multimode step index
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The number of guided modes is dependent upon the physical
parameters (i.e. relative refractive index difference, core radius) of
the fiber and the wavelengths of the transmitted light which are
included in the normalized frequencyVfor the fiber.
The total number of guided modes or mode volume Msfor a step
index fiber is related to the value for the fiber by the approximateexpression:
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Multimode step index
fibers allow the
propagation of manymodes within the
fiber core
Multimode Step Index Fibers
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For lower bandwidth applications multimode fibers have several
advantages over single-mode fibers. These are:
1. The use of spatially incoherent optical sources (e.g. most light-
emitting diodes) which cannot be efficiently coupled to single-mode
fibers.2. Larger numerical apertures, as well as core diameters, facilitating
easier coupling to optical sources.
3. Lower tolerance requirements on fiber connectors.
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Graded Index Fibers Graded index fibers do not have a constant refractive index in the
core but a decreasing core index n(r) with radial distance from ai l f h i l b d h
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maximum value of n1at the axis to a constant value n2beyond thecore radius a in the cladding.
This index variation may be represented as:
where
The graded index profiles which at present produce the best resultsfor multimode optical propagation have a near parabolic refractiveindex profile core with
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: is the relative refractive index difference.
: is the profile parameter which gives the characteristic refractive index
profile of the fiber core
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It may be observed that the meridional rays shown appear tofollow curved paths through the fiber core.
Using the concepts of geometric optics, the gradual decrease in
refractive index from the center of the core creates manyrefractions of the rays as they are effectively incident on a highto low index interfaces
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A multimode
graded index fiberwith a parabolic
index profile core.
Multimode Graded Index Fibers
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An expanded ray diagram showing refraction at the various high to low
index interfaces within a graded index fiber, giving an overall curved
ray path. with an ever increasing angle of incidence, until the
conditions for total internal reflection are met, and the ray travels
back towards the core axis, again being continuously refracted.
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A similar situation exists for skew rays which follow
longer helical paths. These travel for the most part in
the lower index region at greater speeds.
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A helical skewray path within a
graded index fiber
Multimode Graded Index Fibers Multimode graded index fibers exhibit far less intermodal
dispersion than multimode step index fibers due to their
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dispersion than multimode step index fibers due to their
refractive index profile.
Again considering ray theory, the rays traveling close to the
fiber axis have shorter paths when compared with rays which
travel into the outer regions of the core.
However, the near axial rays are transmitted through a region
of higher refractive index and therefore travel with a lower
velocity than the more extreme rays. This compensates for theshorter path lengths and reduces dispersion in the fiber.
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Multimode Graded Index Fibers The total number of guided modes or mode volume Mg supported
by the graded index fiber
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y g
The normalized frequency V for the fiber when 1 is
approximately given by:
Therefore,
Hence for a parabolic refractive index profile core fiber (= 2),
Mg=V2/4, which is half the number supported by a step index fiber
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Single-mode Fibers The advantage of the propagation of a single mode within an optical
fiber is that the signal dispersion caused by the delay differences
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g p y y
between different modes in a multimode fiber may be avoided.
For single-mode operation, only the fundamental LP01mode can exist.Hence the limit of single-mode operation depends on the lower limit of
guided propagation for the LP11mode. The cutoff normalized frequency
for the LP11mode in step index fibers occurs atVc= 2.405.
Thus single-mode propagation of the LP01mode in step index fibers ispossible over the range:
Practical values for single-mode step index fiber designed for operationat a wavelength of 1.3 m are: = 0.3%, giving 2a = 8.5 m.
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Single-mode FibersNote
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It is apparent that the normalized frequency for the fiber may beadjusted to within the specified range by reduction of the core
radius, or possibly by reducing the relative refractive index
difference for single-mode fibers, which is usually less than 1%.
Both these factors create difficulties with single-mode fibers. The
small core diameters pose problems with launching light into the
fiber and with field jointing, and the reduced relative refractive
index difference presents difficulties in the fiber fabricationprocess.
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Single-mode Fibers Graded index fibers may also be designed for single-mode
operation and some specialist fiber designs do adopt such non
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operation and some specialist fiber designs do adopt such non
step index profiles.
The cutoff value of normalized frequencyVcto support a single
mode in a graded index fiber is given by:
Therefore, as in the step index case, it is possible to determinethe fiber parameters which give single-mode operation.
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Cutoff Wavelength It may be noted by rearrangement of Eq. (2.70) that single-mode
operation only occurs above a theoretical cutoff wavelength cgiven
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by:
where
Dividing Eq. (2.98) by Eq. (2.70) for the same fiber we obtain the
inverse relationship:
Thus for step index fiber whereVc= 2.405, the cutoff wavelength isgiven by:
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Vcis the cutoff normalized frequency
cis the wavelength above which a particular fiber becomes single-moded.
Mode-field Diameter and Spot Size For single mode fibers the geometric
distribution of light in the propagating
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mode is what is important when
predicting the performancecharacteristics of these fibers (rather than
the core diameter and the numerical
aperture).
Thus, a fundamental parameter of a
single-mode fiber is the mode field
diameter (MFD). This parameter can be
determined from the field distribution ofthe fundamental LP01mode.
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Comparison of Fiber Structures
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