Maxwell's equations with optical fibers in mind

Tevry Freeman

doi:10.1117/12.224071

13 October 1995 Maxwell's equations with optical fibers in mind

Tevry Freeman

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Proceedings Volume 2525, 1995 International Conference on Education in Optics; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.224071
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This study has been conducted in the context of a degree in Optoelectronics, in which a special component on optoelectronics and optical fiber technology, starts in parallel with a conventional second year university physics course. Despite the considerable success of this optics course, it has become clear that there is a need to improve the presentation of topics such as; diffraction and propagation of monochromatic pulses along optical fibers. In this work we seek to structure an outline of the essential principles of light propagation in a nonconduction, nonabsorbing dielectric, that is consistent with Maxwell's equations and yet avoids the solutions for conducting waveguides and the other traditional analysis that usually follows. The conditions on the electric field E(t) and the magnetic field H(t) applied in the manner prescribed by Diament¹ leads to a series of field equations for interaction with both perpendicular and oblique plane dielectric surfaces. These equations are then solved numerically to obtain familiar and extended results that illustrate the principles of refection, refraction and thin-film filters. We aim to introduce the subject of mode dispersion and include a discussion of pulse compression.

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Tevry Freeman "Maxwell's equations with optical fibers in mind", Proc. SPIE 2525, 1995 International Conference on Education in Optics, (13 October 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.224071

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Dielectrics

Refractive index

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