Table 1.
Types | Type I | Type II | Type III |
---|---|---|---|
Parameters | |||
Length (cm) | 7.6 | 7.6 | 30.5 |
Size (total diameter) (mm) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
Number of fibers | ~3,012 | ~50,419 | ~10,000 |
Core spacing (size) (μm) | ~50 (43) | ~12 (9) | ~4.5 (2.9) |
NA | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.39 |
ncore | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.50 |
ncladding | 1.49 | 1.48 | 1.446 |