The classical differential method, the rigorous coupled wave theory, and the modal method: Comparative analysis of convergence properties in staircase approximation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4438, Issue , 2001, Pages 12-18

  Popov, Evgueni ^a   Neviere, Michel ^a   Gralak, Boris ^a   Tayeb, Gérard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Electromagnetic theory; Gratings

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INTEGRATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0035759980     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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