Optical Waveguide Concepts
C. Vassallo(Author)
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published in December 1991
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-0-444-88684-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first volume to appear in the new series Optical Wave Sciences and Technology. It provides a comprehensive review on recent trends in optical waveguide theory. The main focus of the work is on single-mode optics, examining in turn the basic tools, the derivation of normal modes, the perturbation problems and finally the discontinuity problems. This new book series, which is open ended, is aimed at scientists working in the field of electromagnetic theory and its applications. Maxwell's equations will form the ultimate basis, either explicitly or implicitly of every book in the series.
This book is the first volume to appear in the new series Optical Wave Sciences and Technology. It provides a comprehensive review on recent trends in optical waveguide theory. The main focus of the work is on single-mode optics, examining in turn the basic tools, the derivation of normal modes, the perturbation problems and finally the discontinuity problems. This new book series, which is open ended, is aimed at scientists working in the field of electromagnetic theory and its applications. Maxwell's equations will form the ultimate basis, either explicitly or implicitly of every book in the series.
This book is the first volume to appear in the new series Optical Wave Sciences and Technology. It provides a comprehensive review on recent trends in optical waveguide theory. The main focus of the work is on single-mode optics, examining in turn the basic tools, the derivation of normal modes, the perturbation problems and finally the discontinuity problems. This new book series, which is open ended, is aimed at scientists working in the field of electromagnetic theory and its applications. Maxwell's equations will form the ultimate basis, either explicitly or implicitly of every book in the series.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-88684-2 (9780444886842)
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Content
1. Basic Concepts. Maxwell equations. Normal mode theory. Scattering matrices. Coupled mode theory. Variational techniques. 2. Modes of Optical Waveguides - I. The weak guidance approximation. Waveguides embedded in a low index medium. Step-index slab waveguides. Step-index circular fibers. Weakly guiding anisotropic waveguides. 3. Modes of Optical Waveguides - II. Graded slabs or fibers. 3-D planar waveguides. Numerical methods for arbitrary cross-sections. Leaky modes. 4. Perturbation Techniques. Modal expansion method. Variational techniques. Reciprocity techniques. Global perturbation methods. Applications. 5. Non-Uniform Systems. Local mode expansions. Bent waveguides. Bent and twisted waveguides. Non-uniform curvatures. 6. Discontinuities. Excitation of a guided mode through a junction. Abrupt discontinuities. Bibliography. Index.