Finite element analysis of photonic crystal rods with inhomogeneous anisotropic refractive index tensor

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-156

  Ward, Benjamin G ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Electromagnetic propagation in nonhomogeneous media; Finite element methods; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ECCENTRICITY; GUIDED MODE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL RODS; STRESS TENSOR;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 38349027395     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.910706     Document Type: Article

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