Stress Analysis Method for Elastically Anisotropic Material Based Optical Waveguides and Its Application to Strain-Induced Optical Waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a,b   Tsuji, Yasuhide ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic effect; Finite element method; Optical waveguide analysis; Strain induced optical waveguide; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; BRAGG CELLS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LITHIUM NIOBATE; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTOOPTIC MODULATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033078856     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.744235     Document Type: Article

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