A full-vectorial pseudospectral modal analysis of dielectric optical waveguides with stepped refractive index profiles

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 457-465

  Huang, Chia Chien ^a   Huang, Chia Chih ^b   Yang, Jaw Yen ^c  

^a LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG NAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dielectric optical waveguide; Full vectorial mode solver; Multidomain; Orthogonal basis function; Pseudospectral method; Rectangular channel waveguide; Rib waveguide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MODAL ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; FULL-VECTORIAL MODE SOLVER; MULTIDOMAINS; ORTHOGONAL BASIS FUNCTION; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; RIB WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 18844365952     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846540     Document Type: Article

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