Solution Agrawal Cap 2
Solution Agrawal Cap 2
a.
After differentiation, we obtain dn/d = -2 n1 (/a2) . Now since << 1 and a <1, (
/a)2 << 1, and we can approximate n = n1 [1 ( /a)2] by n1. Thus, dn/d -2 n (/a2) and
the ray equation becomes
d2/dz2 = -2 (/a2) -k .
Propose a solution of the form (z) = erz, plug into the above differential equation, and obtain
the characteristic equation r2+k=0. Thus, r = i(k)1/2 = i(2)1/2 /a ip. The general
solution is (z) =A eipz + B e-ipz . Now (0) = 0 implies that A + B = 0, and '(0) = '0 implies
iAp - iBp = '0. Thus, A = (-i'0/p + 0)/2 and B= (i'0/p + 0)/2 = A*. Therefore, we can use
Eulers identity and recast (z) as 2|A |cos(pz + A) = 2|A |[ cos(pz)cos(A) - sin(pz)sin(A).
But |A |cos(A) = Re(A) = 0/2 and |A |sin(A) = Im(A) = -'0/2p, which completes the
derivation of 2.1.9 and we obtain (z) = 0cos(pz)cos(A) + '0/p sin(pz).
Special Problem: We first note that (z) is 2/p-periodic. Suppose that R1 and R2 are two
rays emerging from initial conditions 0 and 0, respectively. Then it is true that at z = 2/p,
both rays return to their respective initial positions (viz., 0 and 0). Now at z = 2/p, both
rays have traveled the same net distance, namely, 2/p (justify this statement). By Fermats
principle, both rays must have traveled the same net distance at the minimum time required,
so both times of flight must be the same! Thus, intermodal dispersion is completely absent in
this type of fiber.
An excellent derivation of Fermats principle can be found in the book by Born & Wolf
(Principles of Optics, 7th edition, page 136).
Problem 2.3.
Writing Eq.(2.2.1) in the frequency domain and by using B=0H, we obtain
x E = i0H.
Problem 2.5.
For single-mode fibers, the cut-off condition is given by V = 2k0 a(n12 n22)1/2 = 2.405.
Substitute 1 m for , 1.445 for n2, and solve for a to obtain: a=3.1815 m.
At = 1.3 m, V=1.85. From Eq.(2.2.45), w = 4.368 m.
From Eq.(2.2.46), = 1-exp(-2a2/w2) = 0.6539.