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Modes in buried planar optical waveguides with graded-index profiles

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The refractive index profile of buried graded-index planar optical waveguides fabricated by ion migration can be described by a buried secant hyperbolic function. Using such a profile, we have obtained the exact propagation characteristics for such buried optical waveguides. We have also shown that profiles which deviate slightly from the above profile can be treated as perturbations and a first-order perturbation correction gives very accurate results.

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  1. Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, 110 016, New Delhi, India

    Enakshi Khular, Arun Kumar, Anurag Sharma, I. C. Goyal & A. K. Ghatak

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Khular, E., Kumar, A., Sharma, A. et al. Modes in buried planar optical waveguides with graded-index profiles. Opt Quant Electron 13, 109–115 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00612742

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