Analytical study of the cutoff conditions and the dispersion curves of a waveguide with a cross-sectional shape resembling an ellipse compressed along the minor axis

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 426-429

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

DISPERSION CURVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032636056     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990920)22:6<426::AID-MOP18>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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