• DocumentCode
    964171
  • Title

    Rays and modes in optical fibres

  • Author

    Felsen, L.B.

  • Author_Institution
    University College London, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, London, UK
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    95
  • Lastpage
    96
  • Abstract
    Difficulties have recently been noted in the application of geometric optics to modal propagation and cutoff in optical fibres. It is shown here that geometric optics is adequate, provided that it treats collectively the congruence of modal rays.
  • Keywords
    fibre optics; geometrical optics; optical waveguides; fibre optics; geometrical optics; optical waveguides; ray method; total internal reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19740074
  • Filename
    4245030
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=964171