Title : 
Calculation of approximate propagation characteristics for any given two-dimensional optical waveguide
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
University of California at San Diego, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, La Jolla, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
An approximation technique of determining propagation characteristics of a given cross-section graded-index optical waveguide is presented. The numerical technique gives very short computational times and is easy to use.
         
        
            Keywords : 
approximation theory; guided light propagation; optical waveguide theory; approximate propagation characteristics; computational times; cross-section graded-index optical waveguide; two-dimensional optical waveguide;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19850763