Analytical solution of wave equation for arbitrary non-homogeneous media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4772, Issue , 2002, Pages 25-36

  Khorasani, Sina ^a   Mehrany, Khashayar ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic theory; Inhomogeneous media; Integrated optics; Mathematical methods in physics

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHYSICS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; INHOMOGENOUS MEDIA; QUANTUM OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SCALAR WAVE FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0036984039     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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