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Practicalrectangular-geometryopticalwaveguidesaremosteasilyunderstoodas

variantsofthesimpledielectricslabwaveguide,alsocalledplanarwaveguide.The

slabwaveguideconsistsofthreelayersofmaterialswithdifferentdielectricconstants,

extendinginfinitelyinthedirectionsparalleltotheirinterfaces.

Lightmaybeconfinedinthemiddlelayerbytotalinternalreflection.Thisoccurs

onlyifthedielectricindexofthemiddlelayerislargerthanthatofthesurrounding

layers.Inpracticeslabwaveguidesar