• DocumentCode
    964617
  • Title

    Analogy to numerical solution of wave propagation in an inhomogeneous medium with gain or loss variations

  • Author

    Yang, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Northern Liquid Fuels, Omaha, NE
  • Volume
    69
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    1574
  • Lastpage
    1575
  • Abstract
    An analogy to numerical method is presented for solving the problem of wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. This method may be used to calculate the modes in an inhomogeneous slab waveguide without using the Wentzel-Kramer-Brillouin (WKB) method or perturbation method.
  • Keywords
    Bismuth; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic waveguides; Equations; Nonhomogeneous media; Perturbation methods; Planar waveguides; Propagation losses; Reflection; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1981.12202
  • Filename
    1456470