Novel beam propagation algorithms for tapered optical structures

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2379-2388

  Sujecki, S ^a   Sewell, P ^a   Benson, T M ^a   Kendall, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); TAPERED OPTICAL STRUCTURES;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033348082     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.803034     Document Type: Article

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