A plane-wave boundary method for analysis of bent optical waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2434-2437

  Nesterov, A ^a   Troppenz, U ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bend losses; Dielectric waveguides; Plane wave boundary

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PHOTONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0142195980     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.817699     Document Type: Article

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