A general transform for regularizing planar open waveguide dispersion relation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 383-390

  Bakhtazad, Aref ^b,c   Abiri, Habibollah ^b,d,e,f   Ghayour, R ^a,b,g  

^a IEEE

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^f Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dielectric slab waveguides; Unfolding the dispersion equation

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTEGRATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLES AND ZEROS;

DIELECTRIC SLAB WAVEGUIDES; MODAL ZONES; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSION;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031075549     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.554392     Document Type: Article

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