58494 20200221144311.0 doi 10.1364/OE.24.015710 sideral 96147 ART-2016-96147 eng (orcid)0000-0003-1542-3236 Losada, M.A. Universidad de Zaragoza Attenuation and diffusion produced by small-radius curvatures in POFs 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Our aim is to characterize curvatures using a methodology previously applied to other localized disturbances in plastic optical fibers (POFs). The effects of several curvature radii and turn angles have been analyzed, so that for each condition, angular dependent attenuation and diffusion are obtained from experimental measurements to construct a matrix that accounts for the global effects of power loss and mode mixing introduced by the curvature over the angular power distribution. Power loss as a function of bend radius was calculated using the characteristic matrices and compared to experimental results to validate the model. This curvature model can be a useful tool to predict the impact of bends on transmission properties as is demonstrated in the example of a small network in a domestic environment. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/TEC2015-63826-C3-3-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.307 2016 OPTICS 16 / 92 = 0.174 2016 Q1 T1 1.532 2016 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2016 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0002-5622-9993 López, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4443-0614 Mateo, J. Universidad de Zaragoza 5008 800 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com. Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. 24, 14 (2016), 15710-15720 Opt. express Optics Express 1094-4087 241922 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58494/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 84462 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58494/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:58494 articulos driver 2020-02-21-13:37:18 ARTICLE