Calculations for the optimization of channel waveguides made by sol-gel process

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3283, Issue , 1998, Pages 654-665

  Porque, Jerome ^a   Coudray, Paul ^a   Moreau, Yves ^a   Etienne, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Channel waveguides; Galerkin method; Optical integrated devices; Simulation; Sol gel process

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; GALERKIN METHODS; GELATION; GELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS; SOLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVEGUIDES;

ANALYTICAL FORMULATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; CROSS SECTIONS; FABRICATION PARAMETERS; FIELD PROPAGATIONS; GALERKIN'S METHODS; GAUSS BASIS FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICES; LOW COSTS; MODE AMPLITUDES; OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICES; OPTICAL-; PHOTOCURABLE; PROPAGATION METHODS; SERIES EXPANSIONS; SIMULATION; TRANSVERSE FIELDS; TRANSVERSE SECTIONS; UV LIGHTS;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

EID: 57649135151     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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