
This text is intended to provide an in-depth, self-contained, treatment of optical waveguide theory. We have attempted to emphasize the underlying physical processes, stressing conceptual aspects, and have developed the mathematical analysis to parallel the physical intuition...

This text is intended to provide an in-depth, self-contained, treatment of optical waveguide theory. We have attempted to emphasize the underlying physical processes, stressing conceptual aspects, and have developed the mathematical analysis to parallel the physical intuition...

This title concentrates on 'powerful' nonlinear situations, when light guides itself in a homogenous medium without any intervening core-cladding structure. Its purpose is to impart the key concepts necessary to appreciate how to apply elementary wave guide theory to understand...