Author(s):
1. Branko Drljača, PMF Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
2. Aco Janicijević, Tehnološko-metalurški fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Srbija, Serbia
3. Svetislav Savović, Univerzitet u Kragujevcu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, , Serbia

Abstract:
Frequency response and bandwidth of low-numerical aperture step-index plastic optical fiber obtained by solving the time-dependent power flow equation Branko Drljača1*, Svetislav Savović2, Aco Janićijević3, Slavica Jovanović1 1University of Priština, Faculty of Science, L. Ribara 29, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia e-mail: branko.drljaca@pr.ac.rs slavica.kuzmanovic@pr.ac.rs 2University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, R. Domanovića 12, Kragujevac, Serbia e-mail: savovic@kg.ac.rs 3Faculty of Technology and Metalurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia e-mail: janicaco@tmf.bg.ac.rs Abstract Analytical and numerical solution of the time-dependent power flow equation was used to calculate the frequency response and bandwidth of low numerical aperture step-index plastic optical fiber – Mitsubishi MH4001 in addition to mode coupling and mode-dependent attenuation. This optical fiber was excited with Gaussian-like light source with large angular width. The frequency response and bandwidth were calculated for different fiber lengths and good agreement was obtained between analytical and numerical solutions.

Key words:
Key words: Plastic optical fiber, transfer characteristics, power flow equation

Thematic field:
SYMPOSIUM A - Science of matter, condensed matter and physics of solid states

Date of abstract submission:
31.07.2017.

Conference:
Contemporary Materials 2017 - Savremeni Materijali