Analysis of general geometric scaling perturbations in a transmitting waveguide: Fundamental connection between polarization-mode dispersion and group-velocity dispersion

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2867-2875

  Skorobogatiy, Maksim ^a   Ibanescu, Mihai ^a   Johnson, Steven G ^a   Weisberg, Ori ^a   Engeness, Torkel D ^a   Soljačić, Marin ^a   Jacobs, Steven A ^a   Fink, Yoel ^a  

^a OmniGuide   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

TRANSMITTING WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0038124790     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002867     Document Type: Article

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