Weak guidance modal analysis of an infrared lightguide with a four-lobed core cross section

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-166

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Characteristic equation; Infrared lightguide; Low attenuation window

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643135864     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19991105)23:3<163::AID-MOP10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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