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Week - 1 |
Optical Waveguides: Introduction and Motivation |
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Week - 2 |
The Wave Equation, Boundary Conditions for Dielectric Interfaces, Phase Shift upon Reflection |
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Week - 3 |
Electromagnetic Analysis of the Planar Waveguide, Eigenvalues for the Slab Waveguide |
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Week - 4 |
Guided Modes in a Waveguide, Dispersion in Waveguides |
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Week - 5 |
Wave Equation for Optical Fibers, Power Confinement in a Step-Index Fiber |
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Week - 6 |
Attenuation and Nonlinear Effects in Waveguides |
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Week - 7 |
Wave Equation Analysis of a Rectangular Waveguide |
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Week - 8 |
Perturbation Approach and Effective Index Method |
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Week - 9 |
The Beam Propagation Method for Analyzing Optical Waveguides |
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Week - 10 |
Coupled Mode Theory and Applications |
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Week - 11 |
Device Simulations Using Beam Propagation Method |
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Week - 12 |
Device Simulations Using Numerical Programs |
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Week - 13 |
State of the Art and Outlook |