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Theory of Optical Waveguides

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Guided-Wave Optoelectronics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics ((SSEP,volume 26))

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Optical waveguides, also known as “dielectric” waveguides, are the structures that are used to confine and guide the light in the guided-wave devices and circuits of integrated optics. This chapter is devoted to the theory of these waveguides. Other chapters of this book discuss their fabrication by such techniques as sputtering, diffusion, ion implantation or epitaxial growth. A well-known optical waveguide is, of course, the optical fiber which usually has a circular cross-section. In contrast, the guides of interest to integrated optics are usually planar structures such as planar films or strips. Our discussion will focus on these planar guides even though most of the fundamentals are applicable to all optical waveguide types.

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Kogelnik, H. (1988). Theory of Optical Waveguides. In: Tamir, T. (eds) Guided-Wave Optoelectronics. Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97074-0_2

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