A ray-tracing model for light propagation in bent multimode fibers is described which takes modal effects into account. Calculations of the bend loss using this model are compared with measurements and good agreement is obtained. Universal loss curves for various bend radii are found as a function of principal mode group number. The radiation pattern is also investigated and qualitative agreement is found between simulation and experiment.
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