Mumbai University > Electronics and telecommunication > Sem 7 > optical communication and networks

Marks: 10

Years: MAY 2012

Scattering losses in glass arise from microscopic variations in the material density, from compositional fluctuations and from structural inhomogeneties or defects occurring during fiber manufacture.

Figure 2.5

1. Linear Scattering mechanism:

$\Rightarrow$ It causes the transfer of some or all of the optical power contained within one propagating mode to …