Study of Form Birefringence in Waveguide Devices Using the Semivectorial Beam Propagation Method

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 913-915

  Liu, Pao Lo ^a   Li, Bing Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT - POLARIZATION; LIGHT - PROPAGATION IN GUIDES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS - COUPLERS;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; FORM BIREFRINGENCE; RIB WAVEGUIDE DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; S SHAPED BENDS; SEMIVECTORIAL BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD;

WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

EID: 0026244373     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.93260     Document Type: Article

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