Modal characteristics of graded multilayer optical waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 894-900

  Thompson, C ^a   Weiss, Bernard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

GRADED MULTILAYER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; MODAL SPECTRUM; MODE FIELD PROFILE; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030141602     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.495174     Document Type: Article

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