Variational approach for extraction of eigenmodes in layered waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1978-1981

  Mehrany, Khashayar ^a   Khorasani, Sina ^a,b   Rashidian, Bizhan ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRADIENT METHODS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

WAVEGUIDE MODES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0012022591     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001978     Document Type: Article

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