title: Statistical study of radiation loss from planar optical waveguides: the curvilinear coordinate method and the small perturbation method.
abstract: This article presents an original method for the theoretical analysis of the intensity radiated by a dielectric waveguide with rough walls. The method is based on Maxwell's equations under their covariant form written in nonorthogonal coordinate systems adapted to the geometry of the waveguide. The solutions are found by using a perturbation method starting from a guide with smooth walls. The statistical characteristics of the radiant intensity, the mean value, and the probability density function are analytically determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics, Faculty of Engineering, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria. saddekafifi@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Saddek
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Afifi
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dusséaux