Abstract
Abstract System power budgeting using multimode fiber is made more complex by the dependence of the actual loss experienced in the system on the power distribution carried by the components. Also, each component malung up the system has the potential to alter the mode power distribution (MPD)1 carried by the fiber.2 Thus the actual loss introduced by each component is controlled by the components that precede it in the system as well as by the power distribution launched by the source. This article presents a basic description of MPD evolution through components and some experimental results of component characterizations that illustrate these behaviors.
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