waveguide propagation

  • 1Waveguide (electromagnetism) — In electromagnetics and communications engineering, the term waveguide may refer to any linear structure that guides electromagnetic waves. However, the original and most common meaning is a hollow metal pipe used for this purpose.A dielectric… …

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  • 2Waveguide — This page is about waveguides in the most general sense. For ordinary metal pipe waveguides, Waveguide (electromagnetism). For optical waveguides, see Waveguide (optics). A section of flexible waveguide with a pressurizable flange …

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  • 3Waveguide (optics) — This page is about waveguides for transmission of optical signals or power. For other types of waveguide, see the disambiguation page Waveguide An optical waveguide is a physical structure that guides electromagnetic waves in the optical spectrum …

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  • 4Waveguide (acoustics) — This page is about waveguides for acoustics and sound, for other types of waveguide, see Waveguide An acoustic waveguide is a physical structure for guiding sound waves. Examples One example might be a speaking tube used aboard ships for… …

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  • 5waveguide — /wayv guyd /, Electronics, Optics. n. a conduit, as a metal tube, coaxial cable, or strand of glass fibers, used as a conductor or directional transmitter for various kinds of electromagnetic waves. Cf. optical fiber. [1930 35; WAVE + GUIDE] * *… …

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  • 6waveguide — noun Date: 1932 a device (as a duct, coaxial cable, or glass fiber) designed to confine and direct the propagation of electromagnetic waves (as light); especially a metal tube for channeling ultrahigh frequency waves …

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  • 7waveguide — wave·guide wāv .gīd n a device (as a glass fiber) designed to confine and direct the propagation of electromagnetic waves (as light) <use of waveguides for visual examination of the stomach> …

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  • 8Non-Radiative Dielectric waveguide (NRD) — Figure 1 Contents 1 Introduction 2 The dispersion relation in the NRD wave …

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  • 9Beam propagation method — (BPM) refers to a computational technique in Electromagnetics, usedto solve the Helmholtz equation under conditions of a time harmonic wave. BPM works under slowly varying envelope approximation, for linear and nonlinear equations.The beam… …

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  • 10Slot-waveguide — A slot waveguide is an optical waveguide that guides strongly confined light in a subwavelength scale low refractive index region by total internal reflection.A slot waveguide consists of two strips or slabs of high refractive index (nH)… …

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