Minimisation of modal birefringence in semiconductor optical guided-wave devices

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-156

  Rahman, B M A ^a   Obayya, S S A ^a   Ei Mikati, H A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY GAP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SUBSTRATES;

EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD (EIM); SPECTRAL INDEX METHOD (SIM); VECTORIAL H-FIELD BASED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (VFEM);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0034204694     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:20000290     Document Type: Article

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