Scattering of the transverse magnetic modes from an abruptly ended strongly asymmetrical slab waveguide by an accelerated integral equation technique

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3110-3118

  Manenkov, Alexander B ^a   Latsas, George P ^b   Tigelis, Ioannis G ^b  

^a KAPITZA INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

WEAK-GUIDANCE CONDITION (WGC);

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0037778716     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.003110     Document Type: Article

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