Finite element computation of grating scattering matrices and application to photonic crystal band calculations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-143

  Dossou, Kokou ^a   Byrne, Michael A ^a   Botten, Lindsay C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bloch modes; Finite element method; Photonic crystals; Scattering matrix; Transfer matrix method

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

BAND CALCULATION; BLOCH MODES; CRYSTAL BAND; FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SCATTERING MATRIX; SCATTERING PROPERTY; STRUCTURE MODE; TRANSFER-MATRIX METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750347962     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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