A highly efficient and accurate full vector solver for guided and leaky modes of optical fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6343 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yang, Li ^a,b   Jiang, Kai ^b   Xu, Cheng Lin ^c   Huang, Wei Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bragg fiber; Circular symmetric optical fiber; Full vector finite difference mode solver; Leaky modes; Perfectly matched layer (PML); Silicon wire

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR SYMMETRIC OPTICAL FIBER; LEAKY MODES; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER (PML); SILICON WIRE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33749828539     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.707720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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