Vector finite difference modesolver for anisotropic dielectric waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1423-1431

  Fallahkhair, Arman B ^a   Li, Kai S ^a   Murphy, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Birefringence; Dielectric waveguides; Faraday effect; Finite difference methods; Optical propagation in anisotropic media

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; VECTORS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIRECTION OF PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); FINITE-DIFFERENCE DISCRETIZATION; MAGNETO-OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); POLARIZED MODES; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; PRINCIPAL AXIS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM) FIELDS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 46649093835     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923643     Document Type: Article

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