To keep as much of the laser beam energy inside a laser fiber, a coating is sometimes placed on the fiber to produce total reflection in the fiber. What refractive index should the coating have?

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To keep as much of the laser beam energy inside a laser fiber, a coating is sometimes placed on the fiber to produce total reflection in the fiber. What refractive index should the coating have?