FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS OF TRAVELING-WAVE MODULATORS

  • JONG CHANG YI (APPLIED OPTICS LABORATORY KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
  • Published : 1989.02.01

Abstract

A finite-element method is developed to calculate the impedance of arbitrarily shaped electrodes on traveling-wave modulators. This method employs the divergence theorem to obtain the total charge on an electrode from the node potential values. By using this method, the impedance of multi strip-line electrodes on anisotropic inhomogeneous dielectric media was analysed and the effect of non-zero electrode thickness was calculated.

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