NUMERICAL APERTURE FOR GRADED-INDEX TAPERED PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES WITH AHYPERBOLIC SECANT REFRACTIVE-INDEX PROFILE

Authors
GOMEZREINO C BAO C PEREZ MV WANG Y
Citation
C. Gomezreino et al., NUMERICAL APERTURE FOR GRADED-INDEX TAPERED PLANAR WAVE-GUIDES WITH AHYPERBOLIC SECANT REFRACTIVE-INDEX PROFILE, J. mod. opt., 45(9), 1998, pp. 1785-1795
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
J. mod. opt. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500340
Volume
45
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1785 - 1795
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(1998)45:9<1785:NAFGTP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A study of the numerical aperture for graded-index tapered planar wave guides with a hyperbolic secant refractive index profile is presented. Results are particularized for divergent conical and convergent parab olic types of the taper function.