An efficient and accurate semivectorial spectral collocation method for analyzing polarized modes of rib waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2309-2317

  Huang, Chia Chien ^a   Huang, Chia Chih ^b  

^a LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG NAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Mode solver; Orthogonal basis function; Rib waveguides; Semivectorial; Spectral collocation method

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; ORTHOGONAL BASIS FUNCTION; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SEMIVECTORIAL SPECTRAL COLLOCATION METHOD;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 23144454747     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850041     Document Type: Article

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