OPTOELECTRONICS 2

2. — Model that treats light as rays for simple analysis.
8. — The nature of light described in terms of discrete packets of energy.
9. — Losses due to imperfections at the core-cladding boundary.
10. — Type of polarization where the light electric field traces an ellipse.
11. — Law stating how light bends when moving between media of different densities.
13. — Model that treats light as a wave phenomenon.
14. — Change in the orientation of light waves.
16. — Loss of signal power due to fiber's internal properties.
17. — Loss of optical power due to conversion into heat.
18. — Optical fiber that supports only one mode of light propagation.
21. — The broadening of light pulses as they travel down the fiber.
22. — Optical signal loss due to sharp curves in fiber.
23. — Dispersion caused by material properties of fiber core.

1. — A fiber with a sudden change in refractive index between core and cladding.
2. — The bouncing back of light at the boundary of two different media.
3. — Process of manufacturing optical fibers.
4. — Process by which light travels through the fiber.
5. — Polarization where the electric field rotates uniformly forming a circle.
6. — Method of fiber fabrication involving chemical vapor deposition.
7. — Optical loss caused by irregularities and impurities in the fiber.
12. — Dispersion caused by the fiber geometry and index profile.
15. — The ratio that determines bending of light when passing from one medium to another.
19. — Delay caused when groups of wavelengths travel at different speeds.
20. — Delay caused when different modes travel at different speeds in multimode fibers.