Solutions of the quasi-vector wave equation for optical waveguides in a mapped infinite domains by the galerkin's method

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 937-944

  Lo, Kai Ming ^b,c   Li, E Herbert ^a,b,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues eigenfunctions; Maxwell equations; Moment equations; Optical propagation; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; VECTORS;

GALERKIN'S METHOD; QUASI VECTOR WAVE EQUATIONS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032073776     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.669052     Document Type: Article

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