Novel vectorial analysis of optical waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1329-1335

  Sujecki, Slawomir ^a,b,c   Benson, Trevor M ^a,d,e,f   Sewell, Phillip ^a,g,h,i,j   Kendall, Peter C ^a,d,j,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f University College Cardiff ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

ⁱ MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Finite difference methods; Modeling; Numerical analysis; Optical waveguide theory; Propagation

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

VECTORIAL ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032123230     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.701413     Document Type: Article

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