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Appl Opt
; 29(12): 1772-9, 1990 Apr 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20563081
ABSTRACT
Methods of geometric optics are used to characterize a multimode optical fiber. The discrete propagation modes are derived by applying the phase resonance constraint to equations of constant phase surfaces. This constraint provides a very clear geometrical interpretation of discrete propagation modes, and provides a link between the well known Wentzel, Kramers, Brillouin (WKB) method and geometric optics.