Theory and experiments on diffraction patterns of an optical fiber with slight ellipticity: A perturbation method

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

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1199-1203

  Wang, Haiming ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Light diffraction; Optical fibers; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LASER BEAMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELLIPTICITY; FIBER CORE; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; WAVE OPTICS;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030171956     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001199     Document Type: Article

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