Guided Optics: Optical Fibers and All-fiber Components

Preface
Symbols, Operators and Coordinate Systems

1 Vector Wave Equations
2 Fundamental Properties of Vector Modes
3 Exact Vector Solutions for Waveguides
4 ScalarMode Theory
5 Degeneracy of the Vector Modes
6 Mode Coupling and Bragg Gratings
7 Tapered Fibers
8 Fiber Splices
9 2 ? 2 Fiber Couplers

Appendix A: Bessel Functions and Modified Bessel Functions of Integer Order
Appendix B: Proof of the Identity used to Establish the Group Velocity Formula
Appendix C: Method for Distinguishing between the HE and EH Vector Modes of a Multi-layered Fiber
Appendix D: Definitions of the Refractive Indices
Index