Research Article

Splice Loss of Graded-Index Fibers: Accurate Semianalytical Descriptions Using Nelder-Mead Nonlinear Unconstrained Optimization with Three-Parameter Fundamental Modal Field

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Variation of power transmission coefficients with the normalized transverse offset Δ for splicing of two identical single mode trapezoidal index fibers with (exact numerical results [10, 13]; results by our approximation; results based on Gaussian approximation [10, 13]).
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