Mode conversion of ultrafast pulses by grating structures in layered dielectric waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1966-1973

  Liang, Tao ^a   Ziolkowski, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dielectric waveguides; FDTD; Mode conversion; Mode extraction; Numerical modeling; Ultrafast optical pulses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN MAXWELL EQUATION SIMULATOR; GRATING STRUCTURE; MODE CONVERSION; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PULSES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031257191     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.633602     Document Type: Article

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