Computing optimal waveguide bends with constant width

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3161-3167

  Hu, Zhen ^a,b   Lu, Ya Yan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); Numerical methods; Optical waveguide; Waveguide bends

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

COSINE CURVE; CUBIC-SPLINE FUNCTIONS; CURVILINEAR COORDINATE SYSTEM; MULTIMODE WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE BENDS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36349027180     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.904033     Document Type: Article

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