A robust and efficient method for obtaining the complex modes in inhomogeneously filled waveguides

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-222

  Monsoriu, Juan A ^a   Coves, Angela ^b   Gimeno, Benito ^c   Andres, Miguel V ^c   Silvestre, Enrique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex modes; Dielectric waveguides; Galerkin method; Image guide

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GALERKIN METHODS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BIORTHONORMAL-BASIS METHOD; COMPLEX WAVE PROPAGATION CONSTANT; LINEAR MATRIX EIGENVALUE PROBLEM;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037693910     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10875     Document Type: Article

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