FDTD analysis of PBG waveguides, power splitters and switches

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 843-855

  Ziolkowski, Richard W ^a   Tanaka, Masahiro ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG) STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032656613     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006964830895     Document Type: Article

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