Full-vectorial finite-difference analysis of microstructured optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 853-864

  Zhu, Zhaoming ^a   Brown, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; VECTORS;

MULTIPOLE ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SPACE FILLING MODES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0013086784     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000853     Document Type: Article

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