Finite-difference time-domain beam propagation method for analysis of three-dimensional optical waveguides

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1548-1549

  Shibayama, J ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Yamauchi, J ^a   Nakano, H ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

THOMAS ALGORITHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL TIME DOMAIN BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; THREE STEP ALTERNATING DIRECTION IMPLICIT METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033366140     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19991044     Document Type: Article

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