Weak guidance modal dispersion characteristics of an optical waveguide having a core with a sinusoidally varying gear-shaped cross section

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-133

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MODAL ANALYSIS;

GEAR-SHAPED CROSS SECTIONS; PHOTORECEPTORS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033348389     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990720)22:2<129::AID-MOP15>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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