The effect of transverse bending on the dispersion curves of multi layered metal loaded waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1792, Issue , 1993, Pages 156-163

  Ojha, S P ^a   Choudhury, P K ^a   Khastgir, P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING DEFECTS; MODAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SCALAR WAVE EQUATION; STEP-INDEX PROFILE; TRANSVERSE BENDING;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 85075995851     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.141196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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