Modal cutoff of an optical waveguide having a lemniscate of Bernoulli-type core cross section

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 170-172

  Sharan, Preeta ^a   Ojha, S P ^a   Khastgir, P ^a   Choudhury, P K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Field analysis; Modes; Optical waveguide

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CROSSTALK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BERNOULLI LEMNISCATE; CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; CORE CROSS SECTION; MODAL CUTOFF; SCALAR FIELD APPROXIMATION; WAVEGUIDE CROSS SECTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031076142     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19970220)14:3<170::AID-MOP10>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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