Table 4 Orders of magnitude the transmission for typical wavelengths in a bending nerve fiber and myelin sheath variation compared to a normal nerve fiber when light launched to Myelin.

From: Simulation of nerve fiber based on anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide

Imperfection

Wavelength (nm)

300

473

540

900

Bending nerve fiber

0.5

1.06

1.35

2.22

Myelin sheath variation

0.62

0.67

1.18

2.9

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