000058494 001__ 58494 000058494 005__ 20170117133943.0 000058494 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1364/OE.24.015710 000058494 0248_ $$2sideral$$a96147 000058494 037__ $$aART-2016-96147 000058494 041__ $$aeng 000058494 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1542-3236$$aLosada Binué, María Angeles$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000058494 245__ $$aAttenuation and diffusion produced by small-radius curvatures in POFs 000058494 260__ $$c2016 000058494 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000058494 5203_ $$aOur aim is to characterize curvatures using a methodology previously applied to other localized disturbances in plastic optical fibers (POFs). The effects of several curvature radii and turn angles have been analyzed, so that for each condition, angular dependent attenuation and diffusion are obtained from experimental measurements to construct a matrix that accounts for the global effects of power loss and mode mixing introduced by the curvature over the angular power distribution. Power loss as a function of bend radius was calculated using the characteristic matrices and compared to experimental results to validate the model. This curvature model can be a useful tool to predict the impact of bends on transmission properties as is demonstrated in the example of a small network in a domestic environment. 000058494 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/TEC2015-63826-C3-3-R 000058494 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000058494 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000058494 700__ $$aLópez, A. 000058494 700__ $$aMateo, J. 000058494 7102_ $$15008$$2800$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDepartamento de Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones$$cTeoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones 000058494 773__ $$g24, 14 (2016), 15710-15720$$pOpt. express$$tOPTICS EXPRESS$$x1094-4087 000058494 8564_ $$s241922$$uhttp://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58494/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000058494 8564_ $$s84462$$uhttp://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58494/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000058494 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:58494$$particulos$$pdriver 000058494 951__ $$a2017-01-16-14:16:26 000058494 980__ $$aARTICLE