Analysis of circular fibers with an arbitrary index profile by the Galerkin method

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作者
Guo, SP [1 ]
Wu, F [1 ]
Ikram, K [1 ]
Albin, S [1 ]
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[1] Old Dominion Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Photon Lab, Norfolk, VA 23529 USA
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10.1364/OL.29.000032
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We propose a full-vectorial Galerkin method for the analysis of circular symmetric fibers with arbitrary index profiles. A set of orthogonal Laguerre-Gauss functions is used to calculate the dispersion relation and mode fields of TE and TM modes. Examples are given for both standard step-index fibers and Bragg fibers. For standard step-index fiber with low or high index contrast, the Galerkin method agrees well with the analytical results. In the case of the TE mode of a Bragg fiber it agrees well with the asymptotic results. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.
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