Simple and effective calculation of modal properties of bent slot waveguides

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2373-2377

  Chao, Chung Yen ^a  

^a OptiComp Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BENDING LOSS; BENT SLOT WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36048944068     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002373     Document Type: Article

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