Stress-analysis method for optical waveguides composed of elastically anisotropic materials and its application to strain-induced optical waveguides

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 16-23

  Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a,b,c,d   Tsuji, Yasuhide ^a,e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Inst of Elec Engineers of Japan   (Japan)

^d IEEE

^e HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic effect; Finite element method; Optical waveguide analysis; Strain induced optical waveguide; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRESS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032066161     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6432(199805)81:5<16::AID-ECJB3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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