Guided waves in chiral optical fibers

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

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 3212-3219

  Qiu, Robert C ^a   Lu, I Tai ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHIRAL OPTICAL FIBERS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0028747847     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.11.003212     Document Type: Article

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