Modal analysis and dispersion curves of an annular waveguide having a guiding-region cross section bounded by two lemniscates of Bernoulli

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-78

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

ANNULAR WAVEGUIDE; BERNOULLI LEMNISCATES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0035125018     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2760(20010105)28:1<75::AID-MOP21>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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