Power transfer in a large parallel array of coupled dielectric waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2345-2353

  Wei, John S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled mode analysis; Dielectric waveguides; Optical waveguide theory; Propagation; Waveguide arrays

Indexed keywords

COUPLED DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; COUPLED-MODE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS;

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36648999589     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.908676     Document Type: Article

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