Scalar BPM analyses of TE and TM polarized fields in bent waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1185-1198

  Song, Won Jay ^a   Song, G Hugh ^a   Ahn, Byung Ha ^a   Kang, Minho ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); Bending loss; Bent waveguide; Birefringence; Effective index method (EIM); Optimized inward offset; Transparent boundary condition; Wavelength shift

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE EQUATIONS;

EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD (EIM);

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037707282     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.812272     Document Type: Article

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