A variational mode expansion mode solver

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 849-864

  Ivanova, O V ^a   Hammer, M ^a   Stoffer, R ^a   Van Groesen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Mode solver; Variational technique

Indexed keywords

MODE SOLVERS; SEMIVECTORIAL MODAL ANALYSIS; SLAB WAVEGUIDES;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVEGUIDES;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 39049132563     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-007-9124-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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