Modal behavior, cutoff condition, and dispersion characteristics of an optical waveguide with a core cross section bounded by two spirals

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-124

  Singh, Vivek ^a   Ojha, S P ^a   Singh, L K ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MODAL ANALYSIS;

NORMALIZED DISPERSION CURVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032650532     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990420)21:2<121::AID-MOP11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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