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Equivalent-step-index profiles for single-mode fibres are easily estimated from the spot size at one wavelength and the second-mode cutoff wavelength. To obtain the theoretical cutoff wavelength, splice loss spectra from a multimode fibre to a single-mode fibre are measured.
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Yamauchi et al. (1982) studied this question.
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