Nonperturbative calculation of bend loss for a pulse in a bent planar waveguide

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-96

  Rowland, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bend loss; Bent planar waveguide; Optical communications; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

AIRY FUNCTIONS; BENT PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031125764     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19970756     Document Type: Article

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