A Comparison of Beam Propagation and Coupled-Mode Methods: Application to Optical Fiber Couplers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 797-802

  Yu, Jun ^a   Yevick, David ^a   Weidman, David ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Technology Division Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COUPLED MODE METHOD; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLERS; POWER TRANSFER RATIOS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PARAXIAL ELECTRIC FIELD PROPAGATION METHOD;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0028425580     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.293971     Document Type: Article

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