Richard Black, a friend of Technix by CBS and Photon Design, has recently released Optical Waveguide Modes - available through McGraw-Hill.

This book originated in research during Richard's time at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and his co-author Langis Gagnon's time at the University of Montreal and aims to be a complete guide to optical waveguide modes explaining how transverse optical waveguide geometry influences field distribution and polarization properties giving the reader a thorough understanding of the fundamental physics of mode structure.

Optical Waveguide Modes covers single-moded and few-mode optical waveguides with an emphasis on single-core and multicore optical fibers and couplers, including a large range of geometries and anisotropies. Analysis is performed using extensions of the weak-guidance perturbation formalism together with elementary group representation theory. This definitive volume offers a detailed introduction to and classification of diverse forms of fundamental and higher-order modes and various polarization manifestations.

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Electromagnetic Theory for Anisotropic Media and Weak Guidance for Longitudinally Invariant Fibers
Chapter 3. Circular Isotropic Longitudinally Invariant Fibers
Chapter 4. Azimuthal Symmetry Breaking
Chapter 5. Birefringence: Linear, Radial, and Circular
Chapter 6. Multicore Fibers and Multifiber Couplers
Chapter 7. Conclusions and Extensions
Appendix: Group Representation Theory


Dr. Richard J. Black is a leading authority on optical waveguide modes and applications. He is a founding member and chief scientist at Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation and founder of OptoSapiens Design.

Dr. Langis Gagnon is a principle researcher and team leader for the Vision and Imaging team at CRIM (Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montréal).