Normal mode analysis and characterization of an InGaAs/GaAs MQW field-induced optical waveguide including electrode effects

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2422-2434

  Berini, Pierre ^a,b,c,e   Stöhr, Andreas ^d   Wu, Ke ^a,b   Jäger, Dieter ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrode; Field induced; Method of lines; Normal modes; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIELD INDUCED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; FINITE DIFFERENCE REPRESENTATION; FREE ELECTRON GAS MODEL; METALLIZATION; METHOD OF LINES; NORMAL MODES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030262035     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541239     Document Type: Article

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