Modal field analysis of circularly bent single-mode fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-968

  Wassmann, Frank ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATION; SCALAR WAVE EQUATION;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0032652512     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.762917     Document Type: Article

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