Bi-oblique propagation analysis of symmetric and asymmetric Y-junctions

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 688-696

  Sewell, Phillip ^b,e,f,g   Benson, Trevor M ^b,d,h,i   Anada, Tetsuo ^a,b,c,j,k   Kendall, Peter C ^d,l,m,n,o  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^g MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^h CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ University College Cardiff ^*

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^l Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE Y JUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031119580     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.566691     Document Type: Article

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