Calculation of Modes in an Optical Fiber Using the Finite Element Method and EISPACK
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- website
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell System Technical Journal
- Vol. 62 (9), 2663-2694
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1983.tb03199.x
Abstract
This paper presents a method for computing the propagation modes of a circular optical fiber. Finite element analysis reduces Maxwell's equations to standard eigenvalue equations involving symmetric tridiagonal matrices. Routines from the Eigensystem...This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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