WKB analysis of bend losses in optical waveguides

Authors
Berglund, W Gopinath, A
Citation
W. Berglund et A. Gopinath, WKB analysis of bend losses in optical waveguides, J LIGHTW T, 18(8), 2000, pp. 1161-1166
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
07338724 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1161 - 1166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8724(200008)18:8<1161:WAOBLI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A more complete Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) analysis of bend losses is given for a circularly curved waveguide. Using the WKB approximation with a conformal transformation of a curved optical waveguide, is shown to give m ore accurate bend loss results.