Simulation of optical waveguides by novel full-vectorial pseudospectral-based imaginary-distance beam propagation method

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17915-17934

  Huang, Chia Chien ^a  

^a LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDES;

DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; FINITE ELEMENT SCHEMES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; MODAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL INTERFACE; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; TRANSVERSE RESONANCES; VECTORIAL FORMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 55349144904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017915     Document Type: Article

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