Analysis of optical fibers with graded-index profile by a combination of modified Airy functions and WKB solutions

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2534-2541

  Chung, Min Sub ^a   Kim, Chang Min ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; PHASE SHIFT;

AIRY FUNCTIONS; WENTZEL-KRAMERS-BRILLOUIN (WKB) METHOD;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033315389     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.809674     Document Type: Article

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