Modal dispersion curves of an optical waveguide with an annular core cross section separated by two nonconcentric circles from two cladding regions

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 280-283

  Singh, U K ^a   Khastgir, P ^a   Singh, D B ^a   Singh, O N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annular waveguide; Bipolar coordinates; Dispersion curves; Fiber optics

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; CLADDING (COATING); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ANNULAR WAVEGUIDES; BIPOLAR COORDINATES; DISPERSION CURVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031555241     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19971205)16:5<280::AID-MOP4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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