RT Journal Article T1 Initial field and energy flux in absorbing optical waveguides. II. Implications A1 Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan A1 Calvo Padilla, María Luisa AB We present here numerical estimates of the density and flux of energy based on physical parameters associated with the absorption properties of certain types of absorbing optical waveguides. These results are based on a theoretical formalism established previously for the initial field incident upon the entrance pupil of an absorbing optical waveguide. Based on these results, the mechanisms of confined energy transmission and possible cross talk between neighboring waveguides are discussed. Some comments on the behavior of Bessel functions with complex arguments are also included in the discussion. PB Optical Society of America SN 0740-3232 YR 1987 FD 1987-11 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59092 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59092 LA eng NO © 1987 Optical Society of America.This work was supported in part by grant EY 03674 from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. The research of M. L. Calvo was supported by a grant from the U.S.-Spain Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation Program. We would like to thank J. M. Enoch for support and encouragement, Christina Vigil for preparing the manuscript, and an anonymous referee for pointing out a major numerical error. NO National Eye Institute (NEI), EE.UU. NO National Institutes of Health (NIH), EE.UU. NO U.S.-Spain Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation Program, (España - EE.UU.) DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025