The free-space radiation mode method for the analysis of coated angled facets and comparison with a FDTD method

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Reed, M ^a   Benson, T M ^a   Sewell, P D ^a   Kendall, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain method; Integrated optics; Optical waveguide

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; FREE SPACE RADIATION; POLARIZED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031139745     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199705)15:1<12::AID-MOP5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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