Loss and dispersion analysis of microstructured fibers by finite-difference method

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3341-3352

  Guo, Shangping ^a   Wu, Feng ^a   Albin, Sacharia ^a   Tai, Hsiang ^b   Rogowski, Robert S ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EIGEN VALUE PROBLEMS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD (PWM);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 4644372276     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003341     Document Type: Article

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