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The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides

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  1. C. Yeh

    1. California Advanced Studies, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. F. I. Shimabukuro

    1. California Advanced Studies, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Well-written, offers a comprehensive and detailed treatment of dielectric waveguides with emphasis on their applications in optical communications.
  • The book that has been a basis about waveguides is the "Field Theory of Guided Waves", Collins (IEEE Press, 1990). However, dielectric waveguides were treated in just one chapter.
  • This is a welcome reference for new researchers or for an advanced (graduate level) course on guided-wave optics and photonic systems.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-10

  3. Fundamental Electromagnetic Field Equations

    Pages 11-53

  4. Propagation Characteristics of Guided Waves Along a Dielectric Guide

    Pages 55-98

  5. Planar Dielectric Waveguides

    Pages 99-135

  6. Circular Dielectric Waveguides

    Pages 137-178

  7. Elliptical Dielectric Waveguides

    Pages 179-219

  8. Approximate Methods

    Pages 221-240

  9. Inhomogeneous Dielectric Waveguides

    Pages 241-264

  10. Optical Fibers

    Pages 265-293

  11. Solitons and WDM Solitons

    Pages 295-338

  12. Ultra Low-Loss Dielectric Waveguides

    Pages 339-357

  13. Plasmon (SubWavelength) Waveguides

    Pages 359-388

  14. Photonic Crystal Wave guides

    Pages 389-407

  15. Metamaterial and Other Waveguides

    Pages 409-450

  16. Selected Numerical Approaches

    Pages 451-507

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 509-522
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“It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom, to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations” —— Richard Feynman, 1955 —— First, as students from Cal Tech and MIT and then as researchers and teachers from other universities and industry, we are bene?ted greatly from the philo- phy of learning practiced by these and other distinguished universities in the US, namely, learn and teach the fundamentals and not the fashions. Under this guiding light, this comprehensive book was formed, covering the most important modern topics on guided waves. As such, it may be used as a research reference book or as a textbook for senior undergraduate students or ?rst-year graduate students. The lectures for an one-semester or one-quarter course on guided waves along surface wave structures can begin with a review of EM fundamentals (Chap. 2), and then move on to a discussion on the general important and relevant characteristics of these guided surface waves (Chap. 3). Then follows the rigorous analytic treatment for canonical structures (planar, circular, and elliptical) (Chaps. 4–8). By the end of these lectures, the students would have gained a very solid theoretical fo- dation on this subject. Then the fun part starts.

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“The book is intended to cover the fundamentals of wave-guiding structures over the whole electromagnetic spectrum. … workers in the field, who employ exclusively numerical methods to treat their problems, would greatly profit reading this comprehensive text … . The coverage of subjects is ample, diversified, and many up to date arguments are treated. … very useful to researchers and students involved with optical communications photonics and applied electromagnetics. … researcher in the field should have this book in his/her personal library.” (Mario Bertolotti, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 52 (1), 2011)

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  • California Advanced Studies, Los Angeles, USA

    C. Yeh, F. I. Shimabukuro

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