Complex finite-element method applied to the analysis of optical waveguide amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 546-550

  Torres, P ^a   Guzman A M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical amplifiers; Passive components

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; SCALAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031103627     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.557572     Document Type: Article

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