1. The 2003 International Workshop on Optical Waveguide Theory and Numerical Modelling

   • Ivan Richter
   • Jiří Čtyroký

   Preface Pages: 1 - 3

2. Two-stage mode finder for waveguides with a 2D cross-section

   • P. Bienstman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 14

3. Modeling of Kerr nonlinear photonic components with mode expansion

   • Björn Maes
   • Peter Bienstman
   • Roel Baets

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 24

4. Modeling of grating assisted standing wave, microresonators for filter applications in integrated optics

   • Manfred Hammer
   • Didit Yudistira
   • Remco Stoffer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 42

5. Increase of refractive index induced by absorbing centres

   • M. Montecchi
   • E. Nichelatti
   • F. Somma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 56

6. Optimization of the apodization strength of linearly chirped Bragg gratings for span dispersion compensation

   • P. Fernández
   • J.C. Aguado
   • E. Abril

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 66

7. Analytic-numerical approach to non-linear problems in dielectric waveguides

   • A.G. Nerukh
   • F.V. Fedotov
   • P. Sewell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 85

8. Numerical stable determination of Floquet-modes and the application to the computation of band structures

   • S.F. Helfert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 107

9. Multilayer resonances sharpened by grating waveguide resonance

   • B.A. Usievich
   • V.A. Sychugov
   • O. Parriaux

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 117

10. Time domain numerical model for linear and nonlinear grating assisted co-directional coupler

    • Mariangela Gioannini
    • Ivo Montrosset

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 131

11. Effective and flexible analysis for propagation in time varying waveguides

    • A. Al-Jarro
    • P. Sewell
    • A. Nerukh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 144

12. Applications of the finite difference mode solution method to photonic crystal structures

    • Chin-Ping Yu
    • Hung-Chun Chang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 163

13. The modelling of integrated optical power splitters and switches based on generalised Mach–Zehnder devices

    • Laurence W. Cahill

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 173

14. Amplification in one-dimensional random active medium near the lasing threshold

    • Vladimir Kuzmiak
    • Alexei A. Maradudin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 188

15. Transfer matrix and full Maxwell time domain analysis of nonlinear gratings

    • Alberto Parini
    • Gaetano Bellanca
    • Paolo Bassi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 199

16. Theoretical modelling of S-band thulium-doped silica fibre amplifiers

    • P. Peterka
    • B. Faure
    • B. Dussardier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 212

17. Mathematical study of the two-dimensional lasing problem for the whispering-gallery modes in a circular dielectric microcavity

    • Elena I. Smotrova
    • Alexander I. Nosich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 221

18. Polarisation dependent loss calculation in echelle gratings using finite element method and Rayleigh expansion

    • A. Delâge
    • K. Dossou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 238

19. Simple high-order Galerkin finite element scheme for the investigation of both guided and leaky modes in anisotropic planar waveguides

    • H.P. Uranus
    • H.J.W.M. Hoekstra
    • E. Van Groesen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 257

20. Ring microresonator as a photonic structure with complex eigenfrequency

    • Ladislav Prkna
    • Jiří Čtyroký
    • Milan Hubálek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 269

21. Truncation rules for modelling discontinuities with Galerkin method in electromagnetic theory

    • CH. Sauvan
    • P. Lalanne
    • J.P. Hugonin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 284

22. A novel Fourier based 3D full-vectorial beam propagation method

    • J.G. Wangüemert-Pérez
    • I. Molina-Fernández
    • M.A. Luque-Nieto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 301

23. Instructions for authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 303 - 307