Light scattering by an array of birefringent optical waveguides: Theoretical foundations

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1542-1549

  Limeres, J ^a   Calvo, M L ^a   Enoch, J M ^b   Lakshminarayanan, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHROMATIC DEPENDENCE;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0042309820     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001542     Document Type: Review

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