Iterative method for the design of a nonperiodic grating-assisted directional coupler

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2821-2827

  Pojanasomboon, Pojamarn ^a   Ersoy, Okan K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

POWER COUPLING;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0038163640     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.002821     Document Type: Article

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