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Attenuation fitting functions
Author(s) -
Fugihara Meire C.,
Pinto Armando Nolasco
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.24617
Subject(s) - attenuation , microwave , attenuation coefficient , exponential function , absorption (acoustics) , ultraviolet , range (aeronautics) , computational physics , absorption spectroscopy , function (biology) , optics , physics , materials science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , composite material , biology
The usual exponential approximation for ultraviolet UV absorption in optical fibers could not fit the attenuation coefficient over a broad spectral range. As the UV absorption spectrum is a result of electronic transitions, we propose a Lorentzian function to model this contribution. Experimental results show a good agreement. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2294–2296, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24617