• 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