title: Modal noise in multimode fiber links: theory and experiment.
abstract: The generation of modal noise caused by the random interference of fiber modes in the presence of a mode-selective loss is described theoretically and confirmed experimentally. The results permit quantitative prediction of modal noise in optical systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communications, Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, K2H 8S2 Canada.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kawasaki