A comparative study of the modal dispersion curves of fibers with different degrees of metal loading on the core-cladding interfaces

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-57

  Pandey, P C ^a   Ojha, S P ^a   Srivastava, B B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Goell's point matching method; Metal loading on the core cladding boundary; Optical waveguide; Weak guidance approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GOELL'S POINT-MATCHING METHOD; WEAK GUIDANCE APPROXIMATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0033728704     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(20000705)26:1<54::AID-MOP17>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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