: Imperial College Press ; Hackensack, N.J. : Distributed by World Scientific,
, c2005.
xxxii, 343 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
Electronic
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-335) and index.
Foreword / Ross C. McPhedran -- Foreword / Roy J. Taylor -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electromagnetism - prerequisites -- 3. Finite element method -- 4. The multipole method -- 5. Rayleigh method -- 6. A la Cauchy path to pole finding -- 7. Basic properties of microstructured optical fibres -- 8. Conclusion -- App. A. A formal framework for mixed finite element methods -- App. B. Some details of the multipole method derivation -- App. C. A pot-pourri of mathematics.