Numerical analysis of the whispering gallery modes by the finite-difference time-domain method

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1583-1587

  Li, Bing Jing ^a   Liu, Pao Lo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AZIMUTHAL MODE NUMBER; EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PRONY METHOD; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030241888     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.535362     Document Type: Article

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