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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: mode volume
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Definition: the number of bound modes that an optical fibre is capable of supporting

NOTE 1 – For V< 2.405 step index fibre can only support one mode as is the case for singlemode fibre.

NOTE 2 – For V> 5, approximately given by, V 2/2 and (V 2/2) [g/(g + 2)], for step index and power-law profile fibres, respectively, where g is the profile parameter, and V is the normalized frequency.


Publication date:1991-10
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Internal notes:2016-01-25: Spelling of "normalised" (3 hits) harmonized to "normalized" (15 hits). JGO
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