
6.6 Circular Dielectric Waveguides and Optical Fibers 357
the fields are nonuniform in the φ direction, i.e., ∂/∂φ 6= 0, the eigenmodes
must be hybrid, or so-called HEM modes, which corresponds to the axially
asymmetric modes or skew rays.
(1) Field Components and Eigenvalue Equations
We begin with the analysis of the circular dielectric waveguide shown in
Fig. 6.17(c). The core is denoted by region 1 with radius a; the cladding is
denoted by region 2 and extents to infinity in the ρ direction. In general, the
constitutive parameters of the core are ²
1
, µ
1
and those of the cladding are
²
2
, µ
2
. In uniform circular dielectric waveguides or step-index optical fibers,
the eigenmodes in most cases are hybrid modes with U 6= 0 and V 6= 0.
Region 1 (core): In the core region or guided-wave region, 0 ≤ ρ ≤ a,
the wave function dependence on ρ is uniquely determined as the Bessel
function of the first kind, J
n
(T ρ), and the coefficient of N
n
(T ρ) must be zero
because the axis ρ = 0 is included in the region. The angular dependence of
the wave functions must be e
jnφ
, where n is a positive or negative integer,
since the whole circumference is included in the region. The longitudinal
dependence is supposed to be e
−jβz
, for the traveling waves along +z. Then
the functions U
1
and V
1
are
U
1
= AJ
n
(T ρ)e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, V
1
= BJ
n
(T ρ)e
jnφ
e
−jβz
. (6.190)
The six field components become
E
ρ1
=
·
−jβT AJ
0
n
(T ρ) +
ωµ
1
n
ρ
BJ
n
(T ρ)
¸
e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, (6.191)
E
φ1
=
·
βn
ρ
AJ
n
(T ρ) + jωµ
1
T BJ
0
n
(T ρ)
¸
e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, (6.192)
E
z1
= T
2
AJ
n
(T ρ)e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, (6.193)
H
ρ1
=
·
−
ω²
1
n
ρ
AJ
n
(T ρ) − jβT BJ
0
n
(T ρ)
¸
e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, (6.194)
H
φ1
=
·
−jω²
1
T AJ
0
n
(T ρ) +
βn
ρ
BJ
n
(T ρ)
¸
e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, (6.195)
H
z1
= T
2
BJ
n
(T ρ)e
jnφ
e
−jβz
. (6.196)
Region 2 (cladding): In the cladding, a ≤ ρ ≤ ∞, the wave function
dependence on ρ is uniquely determined as the modified Bessel function of the
second kind, K
n
(τρ), and the coefficient of I
n
(τρ) must be zero because ρ →
∞ is included in the region. The angular dependence and the longitudinal
dependence of the wave functions must be the same as those in region 1
satisfying the boundary conditions. Then the functions U
2
and V
2
are
U
2
= CK
n
(τρ)e
jnφ
e
−jβz
, V
2
= DK
n
(τρ)e
jnφ
e
−jβz
. (6.197)