Nonlinear finite-difference time-domain modeling of linear and nonlinear corrugated waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1565-1575

  Ziolkowski, Richard W ^a   Judkins, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED MATERIALS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

ALL-OPTICAL; BEAM STEERER; CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDE; COUPLING PERFORMANCE; DISPERSIVE WAVEGUIDES; FDTD SIMULATOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; LORENTZ; MATERIALS MODEL; OUTPUT COUPLERS; PULSE INTERACTION; SELF-CONSISTENT SOLUTION; WAVE VECTOR;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0344939115     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.11.001565     Document Type: Article

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