Finite-difference derivation of the reflectivity at output facets of dielectric waveguides with a highly diverging output beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 717-726

  Vassallo, Charles ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

BRUTE FORCE; DIRICHLET CONDITION; GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATION; MATRIX INVERSION;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032023791     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.000717     Document Type: Article

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