DocumentCode
1023113
Title
Eliminating spurious modes in finite-element waveguide problems by using divergence-free fields
Author
Kobelansky, A.J. ; Webb, Jon P.
Author_Institution
McGill University, Computational Analysis & Design Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering, Montreal, Canada
Volume
22
Issue
11
fYear
1986
Firstpage
569
Lastpage
570
Abstract
Spurious solutions in the finite-element analysis of the modes of waveguides and optical fibres are completely eliminated by the use of fields which are exactly divergence-free. Such fields are themselves computed by the finite-element method.
Keywords
finite element analysis; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; waveguide theory; divergence-free fields; finite-element analysis; finite-element waveguide problems; optical fibres; spurious modes elimination; spurious solutions elimination;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19860387
Filename
4256583
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