Section outline

  • Lecture-05: Attenuation of fiber

    Lecture Objectives:

    • to know about Fiber attenuation
    • to be noted with intrinsic absorption, material absorption.
    • to learn about different types of fiber losses like (Scattering loss, bending loss,  radiation loss)

    Lecture Outcomes:

    The students will be able to

    • know about different types of attenuation
    • learn about  fiber losses, linear and nonlinear effects and compute the losses
    • practice mathematical problem on coupling loss

    Lecture Contents:

    • Fiber attenuation
    • Fiber losses
    • Material absorption
    • Scattering loss
    • Bending loss
    • Radiation loss (due to mode coupling)
    • Leaky modes
    • Math on coupling loss