A rigorous analysis of the power distribution in plastic clad annular core optical fibers

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 481-488

  Choudhury, P K ^a   Yoshino, Toshihiko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EM wave propagation; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE EQUATIONS;

CLAD ANNULAR CORE OPTICAL FIBER; FRACTIONAL POWER; POWER CONFINEMENT FACTOR;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0036991698     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00195     Document Type: Article

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