Optimal mode coupling in simple planar waveguides

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 137, Issue , 2006, Pages 311-320

  Dobson, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode matching; Optimal design; Waveguide coupler

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; TOPOLOGY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVEGUIDES;

DESIGN DOMAINS; LEVEL SET METHOD; MODE MATCHING; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84860783227     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4752-5_31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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