Table 1 Coupling length Lc (for EMD) and length zs (for SSD) in W-type GI mPOF with different widths of the intermediate layer δ, for the launch beam distribution with (FWHM)0 = 3°.

From: High bandwidth performance of newly designed multimode W-type microstructured plastic optical fibers with graded-index core distribution

(FWHM)0 = 3°

Lc (m)

zs (m)

δ = 0.008

6

15

δ = 0.024

7

18