enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Numerical aperture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_aperture

    A multi-mode fiber of index n 1 with cladding of index n 2. A multi-mode optical fiber will only propagate light that enters the fiber within a certain range of angles, known as the acceptance cone of the fiber. The half-angle of this cone is called the acceptance angle, θ max.

  3. Acceptance angle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_angle

    Acceptance angle may refer to: Half of the angular aperture of an optical system Acceptance angle (optical fiber) , the angle in an optical fiber below which rays are guided rays

  4. Optical fiber - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber

    This range of angles is called the acceptance cone of the fiber. There is a maximum angle from the fiber axis at which light may enter the fiber so that it will propagate, or travel, in the core of the fiber. The sine of this maximum angle is the numerical aperture (NA) of the fiber. Fiber with a larger NA requires less precision to splice and ...

  5. Guided ray - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_ray

    A guided ray (also bound ray or trapped ray) is a ray of light in a multi-mode optical fiber, which is confined by the core.. For step index fiber, light entering the fiber will be guided if it falls within the acceptance cone of the fiber, that is if it makes an angle with the fiber axis that is less than the acceptance angle, [1]

  6. Ray (optics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(optics)

    For step index fiber, light entering the fiber will be guided if it makes an angle with the fiber axis that is less than the fiber's acceptance angle. A leaky ray or tunneling ray is a ray in an optical fiber that geometric optics predicts would totally reflect at the boundary between the core and the cladding , but which suffers loss due to ...

  7. Cladding (fiber optics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladding_(fiber_optics)

    The numerical aperture allows for the calculation of the acceptance angle of incidence at the fiber interface. [5] Which will give the maximum angle at which the incidence light can enter the core and maintain total internal reflection: = ⁡ ()

  8. Core (optical fiber) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_(optical_fiber)

    As a result, the fiber transmits all rays that enter the fiber with a sufficiently small angle to the fiber's axis. The limiting angle is called the acceptance angle, and the rays that are confined by the core/cladding boundary are called guided rays. The core is characterized by its diameter or cross-sectional area. In most cases the core's ...

  9. Etendue - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etendue

    The limit on maximum concentration (shown) is an optic with an entrance aperture S, in air (n i = 1) collecting light within a solid angle of angle 2α (its acceptance angle) and sending it to a smaller area receiver Σ immersed in a medium of refractive index n, whose points are illuminated within a solid angle of angle 2β. From the above ...