Planar optical waveguides with arbitrary index profile: An accurate method of analysis

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2179-2182

  Goyal, I C ^a   Jindal, R ^b   Ghatak, A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airy functions; Arbitrary index profile; Eigenvalues eigenfunctions; Improved MAF method; Planar optical waveguide

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARBITRARY INDEX PROFILE; MODIFIED AIRY FUNCTION (MAF) METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031268922     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.641540     Document Type: Article

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