Modal cutoff conditions of a hypocycloidal waveguide with various types of metal loading on the core boundaries

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-158

  Rao, M P S ^a   Singh, Vivek ^a   Prasad, B ^a   Ojha, S P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hypocycloidal waveguide; Optical fibers; V parameter

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ALTERNATE-SIDES METAL-LOADED HYPOCYCLOIDAL WAVEGUIDES (AMLH); GOELL'S POINT MATCHING TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032487296     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19981005)19:2<152::AID-MOP16>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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