Full-vectorial beam-propagation method based on the McKee-Mitchell scheme with improved finite-difference formulas

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2458-2464

  Yamauchi, Junji ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Takahashi, Gen ^c,e   Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a,c,g,h,i  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b OSA ^*  (Japan)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Optical beam propagation; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

FULL-VECTORIAL BEAM-PROPAGATION METHOD;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032292160     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.736638     Document Type: Article

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