Inverse scattering theory for optical waveguides and devices: Synthesis from rational and nonrational reflection coefficients

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1863-1876

  Jordan, Arthur K ^a   Tamil, Lakshman S ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERMITTIVITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; REFLECTION; WAVEGUIDES;

INHOMOGENEOUS CORE REGIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INVERSE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY DOMAIN; INHOMOGENEOUS OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; INVERSE SCATTERING THEORY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES AND DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY PROFILES; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; TRANSVERSE WAVENUMBER;

EID: 0030289824     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02501     Document Type: Article

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