Time-domain optical wave propagation in disordered and nonuniform guiding structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2095-2103

  Vurgaftman, Igor ^b   Freeman, Paul N ^c   Bhattacharya, Pallab K ^a,d   Singh, Jasprit ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ETCHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIRRORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL DEVICE SPATIAL DISORDER; OPTICAL DEVICE SPATIAL NONUNIFORMITIES; SCALAR WAVE EQUATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030396347     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.544755     Document Type: Article

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