Complex waveguides in a left-handed world

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5508, Issue , 2004, Pages 113-127

  Boardman, A D ^a   Egan, P ^a   Velasco, L ^a   King, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex waveguides; FDTD analysis; Left handed; Negative media; Polaritons; Spatial soliton

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SOLITONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

COMPLEX WAVEGUIDES; LEFT-HANDED; NEGATIVE MEDIA; POLARITONS; SPATIAL SOLITON;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 10844252266     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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