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   From: siegman@stanford.edu   
      
   In article <87udnUMttKqE0BPRnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@supernews.com>,   
    Phil Hobbs  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > And that business about lossy fibre being perturbation-unstable   
   > intrigues me--in one way of speaking, lossy fibre has no stable modes at   
   > all, simply because of the loss.  Since that's sort of trivial, I gather   
   > you're talking about lossy fibres being more vulnerable to scattering   
   > loss, is that right?    What's the physics there?   
   >   
      
   Not sure I ever answered this one.  Still looking for an answer?   
      
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