title: Experimental study of bent multimode optical waveguides.
abstract: Bend losses of bent multimode waveguides have been experimentally studied. The results experimentally verify a simple analytical expression based on ray optics that can be used to determine bend losses in bent multimode waveguides. We have also shown that bend-induced losses in such multimode optical waveguides are wavelength independent.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Optics Research Group, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands. s.musa@tnw.tudelft.nl
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Musa
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borreman
authors.forename: Abgail A M
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.forename: Mart B J
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Diemeer
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Driessen