Guiding mode expansion of a TE and TM transverse-mode integral equation for dielectric slab waveguides with an abrupt termination

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

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2823-2832

  Wu, Tso Lun ^a   Chang, Hung Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SURFACES;

GUIDING MODES;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0038116236     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002823     Document Type: Article

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