Abstract
We consider an effective-medium description of Bragg gratings. Though this method can be used to obtain exact results that agree with coupled-mode theory for counterpropagating modes, we show that it is particularly useful for obtaining simple approximate results, for example for uniform gratings and for gratings with point defects.
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