Theoretically obtained dispersion characteristics of an annular waveguide with a guiding region cross section bounded by two hypocycloidal loops

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-145

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

^a Dept of Applied Science   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annular hypocycloidal waveguide; Characteristic equation; Modal dispersion curves; Weak guidance approximation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOMETRY; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ANNULAR WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 0037457585     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10849     Document Type: Article

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