... the propagation constant is knl, and for a wave propagating only in the cladding, the propagation constant is kn2. The fiber modes propagate partly 54 PROPAGATION OF SIGNALS IN OPTICAL FIBER ... incident at an angle 00 < 0~ nax= sin -i V/n12 - n22 (2.2) no at the air-core interface will undergo total internal reflection at the Core-cladding interface and will thus propagate. Such rays ... (nl - nz)/nl by A. For small A, 0~ nax ~ sin -1 nl,/~ As an example, if A = 0.01 which is a typical n0 " value for (multimode) fiber, and nl = 1.5, a typical value for silica, assuming...