Modal cutoff condition for an optical waveguide with a hypocycloidal cross section

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-180

  Srinivasa Rao, M P ^a   Prasad, B ^a   Khastgir, P ^a   Ojha, S P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; V parameter

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

HYPOCYCLOIDAL CROSS SECTION; LAME CURVES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; V PARAMETER;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031077387     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19970220)14:3<177::AID-MOP13>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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