Full vectorial simulation for characterizing loss or gain in optical devices with an accurate and automated finite-element program

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 622-628

  Tzolov, Velko P ^a   Fontaine, Marie ^a   Sewell, Granville ^b   Delâge, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY;

MODAL LOSS; MODAL PROPAGATION CONSTANT; VECTORIAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0030824467     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000622     Document Type: Article

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