A simple three dimensional wide-angle beam propagation method

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4668-4674

  Ma, Changbao ^a   Van Keuren, Edward ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

HOEKSTRA'S SCHEME; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES; WIDE-ANGLE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (WA-BPM);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33744530155     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004668     Document Type: Article

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