Anaysis of Optica Waveguide Discontinuities

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 52-57

  Azizur Rahman, B M ^a   Davies, J Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ABRUPT DISCONTINUITY; LEAST-SQUARES BOUNDARY RESIDUAL METHOD; VECTOR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

EID: 0023854583     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.3963     Document Type: Article

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