Combination of beam propagation method and mode expansion propagation method for bidirectional optical beam propagation analysis

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2040-2045

  Hayashi, Kohtaro ^b,d,e   Koshiba, Masanori ^{a,b,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}   Tsuji, Yasuhide ^a,b,e,m,n   Yoneta, Susumu ^b,e   Kaji, Ryosaku ^a,b,c,o  

^a IEEE

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^f KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g Inst of Elec Engineers of Japan   (Japan)

^h Inst of Elec Engineers of Japan   (Japan)

ⁱ Japan Society for Simulation Technology   (Japan)

^j Japan Soc Compl Methods in Eng   (Japan)

^k Japan Soc Appl Electromagnetics M   (Japan)

^l Japan Soc for Compl Eng and Sci   (Japan)

^m Japan Soc for Compl Eng and Sci ^*

ⁿ HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^o JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); Finite element method (FEM); Mode expansion propagation method (MEPM)

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; MODE EXPANSION PROPAGATION METHOD; OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032205080     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.730368     Document Type: Article

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