Gaussian beams in hollow metal waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1115-1123

  Casperson, Lee W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE EQUATIONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0011335177     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001115     Document Type: Article

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