Three-Dimensional Semi-Vectorial Wide-Angle Beam Propagation Method

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 215-225

  Lee, P C ^a   Voges, E ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

EIGENMODE EXPANSION BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; MATRIX EXPANSION BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; SERIES EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEMIVECTORIAL WIDE ANGLE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; TRANSPARENT BOUNDARY CONDITION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0028375228     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.350601     Document Type: Article

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