Short description An essential single-source textbook to understand light propagation in guided optical structures. Includes graphs, calculation methods, and numerical results of solved problems to illustrate the theory. For students, newcomers and resarchers in guided & fiber optics.
From the contents Preface Symbols, Operators and Coordinate Systems
1 Vector Wave Equations 2 Fundamental Properties of Vector Modes 3 Exact Vector Solutions for Waveguides 4 ScalarMode Theory 5 Degeneracy of the Vector Modes 6 Mode Coupling and Bragg Gratings 7 Tapered Fibers 8 Fiber Splices 9 2 × 2 Fiber Couplers
Appendix A: Bessel Functions and Modified Bessel Functions of Integer Order Appendix B: Proof of the Identity used to Establish the Group Velocity Formula Appendix C: Method for Distinguishing between the HE and EH Vector Modes of a Multi-layered Fiber Appendix D: Definitions of the Refractive Indices Index
