Finite element solution of electron waveguide discontinuities and its application to quantum field effect directional couplers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1826-1831

  Gotoh, Hitoshi ^b,c,e   Koshiba, Masanori ^a,c,f,g   Kaji, Ryosaku ^d  

^a IEEE

^b HAKODATE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

^f KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g Inst Electronics Info Commun E

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTRONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVEGUIDES;

EFFECTIVE MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON WAVEGUIDE DISCONTINUITIES; LONGITUDINAL INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM FIELD EFFECT DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS;

ELECTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 0030270537     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.538790     Document Type: Article

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