Losses in multimode hollow metal infrared waveguides

1 December 1978

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters

Vol. 3 (6) , 235-237
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.3.000235

Abstract

Experimental measurements of loss in a hollow metal waveguide show quantitative agreement with the multimode theory of losses using a complex refractive index.

Keywords

COMPLEX DIELECTRIC CONSTANT
INFRARED RADIATION
MODE CONVERSION
REFRACTIVE INDEX
THULIUM
WAVEGUIDE MODES

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