A Scalar Variational Conformal Mapping Technique for Weakly Guiding Dielectric Waveguides

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 603-609

  Wu, Ruey Beei ^a   Chen, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; WEAKLY GUIDING DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDES, DIELECTRIC;

EID: 0022721304     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1986.1073014     Document Type: Article

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