Title :
Eigenproblems of radially inhomogeneous optical fibers from the scalar formulation
Author_Institution :
National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
fDate :
10/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A unified method based on finite difference is proposed to find cutoff frequencies and propagation constants of optical fibers with arbitrary refractive-index profiles in the scalar form. This method is shown to be efficient in terms of accuracy and computation cost.
Keywords :
Finite difference methods; Optical fibers; Bandwidth; Computational efficiency; Cutoff frequency; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Finite difference methods; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Partial differential equations; Propagation constant;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1985.1072560
