Systematic design of microprism-type low-loss step-index bent waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3948-3953

  Lee, Ching Ting ^a   Hsu, Jui Ming ^a  

^a National Central University   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM BEAM PROPAGATION; MICROPRISM TYPE LOW LOSS STEP INDEX BENT WAVEGUIDES; NORMALIZED TRANSMITTED POWERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032094754     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003948     Document Type: Article

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