DocumentCode
1298419
Title
Difficulty with vectorial BPM
Author
Vassallo, C.
Author_Institution
France Telecom/CNET, Lannion, France
Volume
33
Issue
1
fYear
1997
fDate
1/2/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
61
Lastpage
62
Abstract
Derivatives of the refractive index along the propagation axis are neglected in the current formulations of semivectorial or full vectorial BPM. It is pointed out that this approximation can lead to noticeable errors and even to the violations of power conservation
Keywords
light propagation; refractive index; beam propagation method; optical device modelling; power conservation; refractive index; vectorial BPM;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970014
Filename
555084
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