Polynomial expansion for extraction of eigenmodes in layered waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4833, Issue , 2002, Pages 769-775

  Mehrany, Khashayar ^a   Rashidian, Bizhan ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Guided Waves; Integrated Optics; Layered Structure; Leaky Waves; Optical Propagation

Indexed keywords

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYNOMIALS;

LEAKY WAVES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0013117475     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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