Transformation optical design of a bending waveguide by use of isotropic materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 31, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Xiaojiong ^a   Lin, Zhifang ^a   Chen, Huanyang ^b   Chan, C T ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LAYERED STRUCTURES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 70449678707     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.00G101     Document Type: Article

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