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Spinor formalism for waveguides

Formalisme spinoriel pour guides d’ondes

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The authors first prove that there exists a close relationship between the spinor fields and the electromagnetic transverse fieldsTE, TM.Then the spinor formalism is applied to the waveguide theory and explicit formulae are given for waveguides with rectangular or circular cross section. An interesting feature of the spinor formalism is to require only two components.

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Les auteurs démontrent d’abord l’existence d’une relation étroite entre les champs spinoriels et les champs électromagnétiques transversesTE, TM.Puis le formalisme spinoriel est appliqué à la théorie des guides d’ondes. Des formules explicites sont obtenues pour des guides cylindriques à section rectangulaire et circulaire. Une particularité intéressante du formalisme spinoriel est de n’exiger que deux composantes.

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  1. Institut Henri Poincaré, 75231, Paris

    Pierre Hillion

  2. Faculté des Sciences, Mirande, 21000, Dijon

    Solange Quinnez

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Hillion, P., Quinnez, S. Spinor formalism for waveguides. Ann. Télécommun. 40, 243–252 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03004500

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