Full-vectorial optical waveguide mode solvers using multidomain pseudospectral frequency-domain (PSFD) formulations

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-66

  Chiang, Po Jui ^a,b   Wu, Chin Lung ^a,c   Teng, Chun Hao ^a,d   Yang, Chu Sheng ^a,e   Chang, Hung Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Himax Media Solutions Inc   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Full vectorial mode solver; Fused fiber couplers; Helmholtz equation; Optical waveguides; Pseudospectral method

Indexed keywords

CHEBYSHEV; CHEBYSHEV COLLOCATION METHOD; COLLOCATION POINTS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONTINUITY CONDITIONS; CURVED INTERFACE; CURVILINEAR MAPPING; DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; EIGEN MODES; EIGENMODE SOLVERS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FULL-VECTORIAL MODE SOLVER; FUSED FIBER COUPLERS; FUSED-FIBER; HIGH-ACCURACY; INVERSE POWER METHOD; LAGRANGE; LAGRANGE INTERPOLATING POLYNOMIALS; LEGENDRE; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MATRIX EIGENVALUES; MULTI DOMAINS; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; PSEUDOSPECTRAL; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SPATIAL DERIVATIVES; STEP-INDEX PROFILE; SUBDOMAIN;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 55349096813     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.910454     Document Type: Article

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