A simple and efficient numerical method to study propagation characteristics of nonlinear optical waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 697-701

  Varshney, R K ^a   Goyal, I C ^a   Ghatak, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FOURTH ORDER RUNGE KUTTA METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032050340     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.664085     Document Type: Article

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