Comparative study of several time-domain methods for optical waveguide analyses

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2285-2293

  Shibayama, Jun ^a   Muraki, Mitsunori ^a   Yamauchi, Junji ^a   Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); Finite difference time domain method (FDTD); Numerical dispersion; Time domain analysis; Waveguide grating

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD (FDTD); NUMERICAL DISPERSION; WAVEGUIDE GRATING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 23144455116     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850032     Document Type: Article

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