Full-vectorial finite element method based eigenvalue algorithm for the analysis of 2D photonic crystals with arbitrary 3D anisotropy

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 15797-15811

  Hsu, Sen Ming ^a   Chang, Hung Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DECOUPLING; TRANSVERSE-MAGNETIC (TM) MODES; VECTORIAL MATRIX;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 36749029330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015797     Document Type: Article

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