A finite-difference time-domain electromagnetic field solver for vertical-cavity lasers

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 385-387

  Seurin, Jean Francois P ^a   Liu, Guobin ^a   Barnes, Daniel C ^b   Babic, Dubravko I ^c   Corzine, Scott W ^c   Tan, Michael R T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field solver; Finite difference time domain methods; Vertical cavity lasers

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

VERTICAL CAVITY LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 0032140280     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19980820)18:6<385::AID-MOP6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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