3-D semivectorial analysis to calculate facet reflectivities of semiconductor optical waveguides based on the bi-directional method of line BPM (MoL-BPM)

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-110

  Kawano, Kenji ^b   Kitoh, Tsutomu ^a,b   Kohtoku, Masaki ^b   Takeshita, Tatsuya ^b   Hasumi, Yuji ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser diode; Optical waveguide; Reflection

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SEMIVECTORIAL BI DIRECTIONAL METHOD OF LINE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031673095     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.651125     Document Type: Article

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