The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides

ISBN-13: 9780387309293 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 522 str.

Cavour Yeh; Fred Shimabukuro; C. Yeh

Opis

The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides provides an overview of the fundamental behavior of guided waves, essential to finding and interpreting the results of electromagnetic waveguide problems. Clearly and concisely written as well as brilliantly organized, this volume includes a detailed description of the fundamentals of electromagnetics, as well as a new discussion on boundary conditions and attenuation. It also covers the propagation characteristics of guided waves along classical canonical dielectric structures - planar, circular cylindrical, rectangular and elliptical waveguides. What's more, the authors have included extensive coverage of inhomogeneous structures and approximate methods, as well as several powerful numerical approaches specifically applicable to dielectric waveguides.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The book is intended to cover the fundamentals of wave-guiding structures over the whole electromagnetic spectrum. ... workers in the field, who employ exclusively numerical methods to treat their problems, would greatly profit reading this comprehensive text ... . The coverage of subjects is ample, diversified, and many up to date arguments are treated. ... very useful to researchers and students involved with optical communications photonics and applied electromagnetics. ... researcher in the field should have this book in his/her personal library." (Mario Bertolotti, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 52 (1), 2011)

Spis treści

Fundamental Electromagnetic Field Equations.- Propagation Characteristics of Guided Waves Along a Dielectric Guide.- Planar Dielectric Waveguides.- Circular Dielectric Waveguides.- Elliptical Dielectric Waveguides.- Approximate Methods.- Inhomogeneous Dielectric Waveguides.- Optical Fibers.- Solitons and WDM Solitons.- Ultra Low-Loss Dielectric Waveguides.- Plasmon (SubWavelength) Waveguides.- Photonic Crystal Wave guides.- Metamaterial and Other Waveguides.- Selected Numerical Approaches.

Blurb

The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides is a comprehensive overview of the fundamental behavior of dielectric waveguides, essential to interpreting the numerical data results of electromagnetic waveguide problems. A wide range of waveguide coverage, from the familiar types (step-index optical fiber and planar) to the more striking (elliptical and triangular-core fibers), offers readers a rare in-depth look into the dielectric waveguide field.

Readers will find an analysis of important applications in optical communications, such as optical fibers, fiber solitons, WDM shepherd pulses, ultra low-loss THz guides, photonic crystal guides, metamaterial guides, and plasmon sub-wavelength guides. Thorough mathematical treatment, in addition to experimental data and measurements, are provided throughout the chapters as support to the theories discussed. Researchers and engineers involved with optical communications, photonics and applied electromagnetics will find The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides a valuable reference.