The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides provides an overview of the fundamental behavior of guided waves, essential to finding and interpreting the results ofelectromagnetic waveguide problems. Clearly and concisely written in an organized manner, this volume includes a detailed description of the fundamentals of electromagnetics, including a new discussion on boundary conditions and attenuation, and of the propagation characteristics of guided waves along classical canonical dielectric structures - planar, circular cylindrical, rectangular and elliptical waveguides. Modern applications including optical fibers, fibersolitons and WDM shepherd pulses, ultra low-loss THz guides, plasmon sub-wavelength guides, photonic structures, metamaterial guides, and moving medium guides are treated in detail. In addition, extensive coverage of inhomogeneous structures, approximate methods as well as several powerful numerical approacheswith specific use for dielectric waveguides is succinctly given. No other book currently provides such recent and in-depth coverage on the topic. Written by researchers who have done significant original work in dielectric waveguidesfor many decades. Focuses on the fundamentals and basic physics of dielectricwaveguides, this book is authoritative, thorough, logical and easy to comprehend INDICE: Introduction. 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 (Sub-Wavelength) Waveguides. Photonic Waveguides. Metamaterial and Other Waveguides.Selected Numerical Approaches.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-30929-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés