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BOOKS

F.A. Fernández and Y. Lu, "Microwave and Optical Waveguide Analysis by the Finite Element Method," Research Studies Press, Taunton, Somerset, 1996.

J.B. Davies, "Complete Modes in Uniform Waveguide", chapter 1 (pp. 1-24) of "Finite Element Software for Microwave Engineering", Ed. T. Itoh, G. Pelosi and P.P. Silvester, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1996.

S.E. Day and F.A. Fernández, "Simulation of macroscopic phenomena for nematics", section 12.5 of "Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals: Nematics", Eds. D.A. Dunmur, A. Fukuda and G.R. Luckhurst, EMIS Datareviews Series, IEE Publishing, London, 2000.

JOURNAL PAPERS

B.M.A.Rahman, J.R.Souza and J.B. Davies , "Numerical Analysis of Nonlinear Bistable Optical Waveguides", IEEE Photonics Technol. Letts, vol. 2, Nº 4, April 1990, pp.265-267.

F.A. Fernández and Y. Lu, "Variational finite element analysis of dielectric waveguides with no spurious solutions," Electronics Letters, vol. 26, Nº 25, pp. 2125-2126, December 1990.

R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández, B.M.A. Rahman and J.B. Davies, "Vector finite element solution of saturable nonlinear strip-loaded optical waveguides," IEEE Photonics Technol. Letts., vol. 3, Nº 2, pp. 147-149, February 1991.

B.M.A. Rahman, P. Wood, K.T.V. Grattan, A.W. Palmer, J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández and R.D. Ettinger, "Accurate finite element modelling of optical fibre propagation characteristics for sensors," in: "Sensors Technology, Systems and Applications," K.T.V. Grattan, (ed.), Adam Hilger Publ., pp. 311-316, 1991.

F.A. Fernández, J.B. Davies, S. Zhu and Y. Lu, "A sparse matrix eigenvalue solver for the finite element solution of dielectric waveguides," Electronics Letters, vol. 27, Nº 20, pp. 1824-1826, September 1991.

F.A. Fernández and Y. Lu, "A variational finite element formulation for dielectric waveguides in terms of transverse magnetic fields," IEEE Trans on Magnetics, vol. 27, Nº 5, pp. 3864-3867, September 1991.

T.B. Koch, J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández and R. März, "Computation of wave propagation in integrated optical devices using a z-transient variational principle," IEEE Trans on Magnetics, vol. 27, Nº 5, pp. 3876-3879, September 1991.

J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández and Y. Fang, "Finite-difference solution of inhomogeneous waveguide modes using a fast direct solver routine," IEEE Trans on Magnetics, vol. 27, Nº 5, pp. 4028-4031, September 1991.

B.M.A. Rahman, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Review of finite element methods for microwave and optical waveguides," Special Issue on Electromagnetics, Proceedings IEEE, vol. 79, Nº 10, pp. 1442-1448, October 1991.

R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Application of adaptive remeshing techniques to the finite element analysis of nonlinear optical waveguides," in "Directions in Electromagnetic Wave Modeling," H.L. Bertoni and L.B. Felsen, (eds.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 239-246, 1991.

J.B. Davies , "Comments on 'Modes of Elliptical Waveguides: A Correction'", IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-40, Nº 1, p. 174, January 1992.

J.B. Davies, "Rassegna dei Metodi degli Elementi Finiti per Strutture Ottiche ed a Microonde", Alta Frequenza Rivista di Elettronica, vol. IV, Nº 5, Sept./Oct. 1992, pp.21-29.

Y. Lu, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Spurious-solution-free finite element approach for anisotropic and lossy waveguides," in "Computational Methods in Engineering, Advances and Applications," vol. 1, A.A.O. Tay and K.Y. Lam (eds.), pp. 851-856, World Scientific, Singapore: 1992.

J.B. Davies, "Finite Element Analysis of Waveguides and Cavities - a Review", IEEE Trans on Magnetics, vol. 29, Nº 2, March 1993, pp. 1578-1583.

F.A. Fernández, Y. Lu, J.B. Davies and S. Zhu, "Finite element analysis of complex waves in inhomogeneous waveguides," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 29, Nº 2º, pp. 1601-1604, March, 1993.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "Finite element analysis of lossy dielectric waveguides," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 29, Nº º2, pp. 1609-1612, March, 1993.

J.P. Webb and J.B. Davies, "Finite Element Analysis of Long Optical Structures", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 29, Nº 2, pp. 1624-1627, March 1993.

F.A. Fernández, Y.C. Yong and R.D. Ettinger, "A simple adaptive mesh generator for 2-D finite element calculations," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 29, Nº 2, pp. 1882-1885, March, 1993.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "An efficient finite element solution of inhomogeneous anisotropic and lossy dielectric waveguides," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techniques, vol. MTT-41, Nº 6/7, June/July 1993, pp. 1215-1223.

H. Bissessur, R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "The influence of temperature on the eigenmodes of a semiconductor laser," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 5, Nº7, pp. 764-766, July 1993.

Zhou Le Zhou, J.B. Davies and F.A. Fernández, "3-D edge-element analysis of dielectric loaded resonant cavities," Intl. J. Numer. Modelling, vol. 7, Nº1, pp.35-41, Jan. 1994.

H.E. Hernández-F., F. Di Pasquale, R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Controlled spatial bright soliton emission from a nonlinear waveguide," Optics Letters, vol. 19, Nª 5, pp. 326-328, 1 March 1994.

S.R. Cvetkovic, F.A. Fernández, A.P. Zhao, R.D. Ettinger, G. Sewell and J.B. Davies, "Comparison of Two Interactive Finite Element Programs for Analysis of Optical and Microwave Waveguides," Journal of Lightwave Technology, .vol. 12, Nº 7, pp. 1112-1120, July 1994.

J.B. Davies and P.P. Silvester, "Finite Elements in Electromagnetics: A Jubilee Review", Appl. Comput. Electromagnetic Soc., vol.9, (2) 10 (1994).

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "Vector finite element analysis of integrated optical waveguides," IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 30, Nº 5, pp. 3116-3119, September 1994.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "The efficient solution of large sparse nonsymmetric and complex eigensystems by subspace iteration," IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 30, Nº 5, pp. 3582-3585, September 1994.

H.E. Hernández-Figueroa, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Finite element approach for the modal analysis of open-boundary waveguides," Electron. Letts., vol. 30, Nº 24, pp. 2031-2032, 24 Nov. 1994.

H.E. Hernández-Figueroa, F.A. Fernández, Y. Lu and J.B. Davies, "Vectorial finite element modelling of 2D leaky waveguides," IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 31, pp. 1710-1713, May 1995.

E. Gonzalez, H.E. Hernández-Figueroa and F.A. Fernández, "Marching methods for the solution of the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation," IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 31, pp. 1741-1744, May 1995.

J.B. Davies, S.E. Day, F. Di Pasquale and F.A. Fernández, "Finite element modelling in 2-D of nematic liquid crystal structures," Electron. Letts., vol. 32, Nº 6, pp. 582-583, 14 March 1996.

F. Di Pasquale, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and J.B. Davies, "Two-Dimensional Finite Element Modelling of Nematic Liquid Crystal Devices for Optical Communications and Displays," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, special issue on Smart Pixels, vol.2, Nº 1, pp. 128-134, April 1996.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "Modal Analysis of Multi-Quantum-Well Waveguides using the Vector Finite Element Method, IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 32, pp. 926-929, May 1996.

J.B.Davies and A.J.Dean, "Finite volume with non-uniform mesh for the solution of Maxwell's equations", IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 32, pp. 1417-1420, May 1996.

A. Valenzuela and F.A. Fernández, "General design theory for single layer homogeneous absorber," IEEE Trans. on Antenna and Propagation, vol. 44, pp. 822-826, June 1996.

J. Haes, R. Baets, C.M. Weinert, M. Gravert, H.P. Nolting, M. Adelaide Andrade, A. Leite, H.K. Bissessur, J.B. Davies, R.D. Ettinger, J. Ctyroky, E. Ducloux, F. Ratovelomanana, N. Vodjdani, S. Helfert, R. Pregla, F.H.G.M. Wijnands, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra and G.J.M. Krijnen, "A Comparison Between Different Propagative Schemes for the Simulation of Tapered Step Index Slab Waveguides", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 14, pp. 1557-1569, June 1996.

F.A. Fernández and Y. Lu, "Comments on 'A new edge element analysis of dispersive waveguiding structures'" IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techniques, vol. MTT-44, Nº 9, pp. 1618-1619, Sept. 1996.

C. Themistos, A. Hadjicharalambous, B.M.A. Rahman, K.T.V. Gratan and F.A. Fernández, "Gain/Loss Characterization of Optical Waveguide and Semiconductor Laser Structures", IEE Proc. Optoelectronics, vol. 145, Nº 2, pp. 93-98, April 1998.

R. Olivares, S. Baroni, F. Di Pasquale, P. Bayvel and F.A. Fernández, "A new WDM amplifier cascade for improved performance in wavelength-routed optical transport networks", Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 5, Nº 1, pp. 62-74, Jan. 1999.

F. Di Pasquale, H.F. Deng, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day, J.B. Davies, M.T. Johnson, A.A. van der Put, J.M.A. van de Eerenbeemd, J.A.M.M. van Haaren and J.A Chapman, "Theoretical and Experimental Study of Nematic Liquid Crystal Display Cells using the In-Plane-Switching Mode", IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. 46, Nº 4, pp. 661-668, April 1999.

F.A. Fernández, H. Deng and S.E. Day, "Dynamic Modeling of Liquid Crystal Display Cells using a Constant Charge Approach," IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 38, Nº 2, part 1, pp. 821-824, March 2002.

F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day, P. Trwoga, H. Deng and R. James, "Three Dimensional Modelling of Liquid Crystal Display Cells using Finite Elements," Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 375, pp. 291-299, March 2002.

F. Abdel Malek, S.S.A. Obayya, B.M.A. Rahman, J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández, J. Heaton and K.T.V. Grattan, "Full vectorial finite element analysis of sharp optical waveguide corners," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 14, Nº 11, pp. 1527-1529, Nov. 2002.

D.K.G. de Boer, A.C. Nieuwkerk, R. Cortie, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and R. James, "Domain Walls in Photo-Aligned Double-Domain Twisted-Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays," Journal of the SID, vol. 11, Nº 3, pp. 443-448, 2003.

S. Vermael, G. Stojmenovik, K. Neyts, D. de Boer, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and R.W. James, "Three-dimensional ion transport in liquid crystals," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 43, Nº 7A, pp. 4281-4285, July 2004.

R. James, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day, M. Komarcevic and W.A. Crossland, "Modelling of high resolution phase spatial light modulators," Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 422, pp. 479-487, 2004.

C. Desimpel, J. Beeckman, H. Desmet, K. Neyts, R. James and F.A. Fernández, "A four-electrode liquid crystal device for 2p in-plane director rotation," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol. 38, pp. 3976-3984, Oct. 2005.

R. James, M.C. Gardner, F.A. Fernandez and S.E. Day, "3D Modelling of high resolution devices," Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, vol. 450, pp. 105-118, 2006.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

T.B. Koch, J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández, R.D. Ettinger, Y. Lu, B.M.A. Rahman and R. März, "Electromagnetic Propagation in integrated optical devices of arbitrary transverse and longitudinal geometry," Proc. European TEAM Workshop and International Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, pp. 275-293, Oxford, U.K., 23-25 April 1990.

T.B. Koch, R. März and J.B. Davies, "Beam Propagation Method Using Z-transient Variational Principle", 16th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Amsterdam, 16-20 September 1990.

F.A. Fernández and Y. Lu, "A variational finite element formulation for dielectric waveguides in terms of transverse magnetic fields," 4th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, Digest, p. PA-03, Toronto, Canada, 22-24 October 1990.

J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández and Y. Fang, "Finite-difference solution of inhomogeneous waveguide modes using a fast direct solver routine," 4th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, Digest p. DB-03, Toronto, Canada, 22-24 October 1990.

T.B. Koch, J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández and R. März, "Computation of wave propagation in integrated optical devices using a z-transient variational principle," 4th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, Digest p. PA-06, Toronto, Canada, 22-24 October 1990.

R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Application of adaptive remeshing techniques to the finite element analysis of nonlinear optical waveguides," International Conference on Directions in Electromagnetic Wave Modeling, Digest p. 48, New York, USA 22-24 October 1990.

J.B. Davies, "Computational Methods in Microwaves Applicable to Optoelectronics" (Invited Paper), in IEEE/OSA Conference on Integrated Photonics Research 1991, Monterey, California, Tech. Digest Series (OSA), vol. 8, p. 67, 9-11 April, 1991.

F.A. Fernández, R.D. Ettinger, J.B. Davies and B.M.A. Rahman, "A numerical study of the quasi-TE mode in optical waveguide with saturable nonlinear rectangular core," in IEEE/OSA Conference on Integrated Photonics Research 1991, Monterey, California, Tech. Digest Series (OSA), vol. 8, pp. 33-34, 9-11 April, 1991.

B.M.A. Rahman, F.A. Fernández, R.D. Ettinger and J.B. Davies, "Computer modeling of abrupt power-induced transverse switching in nonlinear waveguides" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO'91, Baltimore, USA, pp. 208-209, 12-17 May, 1991.

J.B. Davies, "Finite Element Solution of Microwave and Optical Waveguides", (Invited Paper), Technical Digest International Microwave Conference SBMO'91, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 40-49, 22-25 July, 1991.

F.A. Fernández and Y. Lu, "Finite element analysis of complex modes in lossless waveguides," in Technical Digest International Microwave Conference SBMO'91, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 318-323, 22-25 July, 1991.

F.A. Fernández, R.D. Ettinger, J.B. Davies and B.M.A. Rahman, "Finite element modal analysis of self-defocusing nonlinear optical limiter," in Technical Digest International Microwave Conference SBMO'91, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 336-341, 22-25 July, 1991.

B.M.A. Rahman, F.A. Fernández, R.D. Ettinger and J.B. Davies, "Finite element analysis of two-transverse-dimensional bistable nonlinear integrated optical waveguides" in Nonlinear Guided-Wave Phenomena, 1991, Cambridge, U.K. Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1991), vol. 15, pp. 96-99, 2-4 September, 1991.

B.M.A. Rahman, P. Wood, K.T.V. Grattan, A.W. Palmer, J.B. Davies, F.A. Fernández and R.D. Ettinger, "Accurate finite element modelling of optical fibre propagation characteristics for sensors," 5th IOP Conference on Sensors and Their Applications, Edinburgh, 22-25 September 1991.

F.A. Fernández, B.M.A. Rahman, R.D. Ettinger and J.B. Davies, "Accurate finite element software for microwave and optical waveguides," International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics," London, U.K., Conference Publication Nº 350, pp. 14-17, 25-27 November 1991.

Zhu Shouzheng and J.B. Davies, "Non Linear Modelling of Microwave Heating Problems", International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics, London, U.K., Conference Publication Nº 350, pp. 86-89, 25-27 November 1991.

Y. Lu, F.A. Fernández, S. Zhu and J.B. Davies, "A new variational finite element analysis of microwave and optical waveguides without spurious solutions," International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics," London, U.K., pp. 160-163, 25-27 November 1991.

J.B. Davies, "Review of Finite Element Methods for Microwave and Optical Structures", (Invited Paper), Finite Element Workshop, San Miniato, Italy, 26th May 1992.

J.B. Davies, "Finite Element Analysis of Waveguides and Cavities - a Review", (Invited Paper) in Digest of CEFC'92, 5th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, p. MOF1, Claremont CA, U.S.A., 3-5 August 1992.

F.A. Fernández, Y. Lu, J.B. Davies and S. Zhu, "Finite element analysis of complex waves in inhomogeneous waveguides," in Digest of CEFC'92, 5th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, p. MOF3, Claremont CA, U.S.A., 3-5 August 1992.

J.P. Webb and J.B. Davies, "Finite Element Analysis of Long Optical Structures", in Digest of CEFC'92, 5th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, p. MOF4, Claremont CA, U.S.A., 3-5 August 1992.

F.A. Fernández and Y.C. Yong, "An adaptive mesh generator for 2-dimensional finite element calculations," in Digest of CEFC'92, 5th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, p. MP44, Claremont CA, U.S.A., 3-5 August 1992.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "Finite element analysis of lossy dielectric waveguides," in Digest of CEFC'92, 5th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, p. TP12, Claremont CA, U.S.A., 3-5 August 1992.

B.M.A. Rahman, Y. Liu, P.A. Buah, K.T.V. Grattan, F.A. Fernández, R.D. Ettinger and J.B. Davies, "Accurate finite element analysis of nonlinear optical fibers," in Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications, 1992, Maui, Hawaii, Technical Digest Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1991), vol. 18, pp. 370-372, 17-21 August 1992.

Y. Lu, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Spurious-solution-free finite element approach for anisotropic and lossy waveguides," in Proc. International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering, ICCME'92, pp. 851-856, Singapore, 11-13 November 1992.

R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández, J.B. Davies and H. Bissessur, "Efficient Vectorial Analysis of Propagation in Three-Dimensional Optical Devices," in IEEE/OSA Integrated Photonics Research 1993, Palm Springs, California, Tech. Digest Series (OSA), vol. 10, pp. 392-395, 22-24 March, 1993.

J.B. Davies, "Finite Elements for Arbitrary Structures Containing Arbitrary Materials", (Invited Paper), European Microwave Conference, Workshop Proceedings, pp. 72-74, Madrid, 10th September 1993.

F.A. Fernández, "Finite element analysis of microwave and optical waveguides," (Invited Paper), in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electromagnetics in Aerospace Applications (ICEAA), Torino, Italy, 14-17 Sept. 1993, pp. 373-377.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "Finite element analysis of semiconductor waveguides with regions of optical loss or gain," in Proceedings of the 5th Intl. Symposium on IC Technology, Systems and Applications (ISIC-93), Singapore, 15-17 Sept. 1993, pp. 727-731.

F. Di Pasquale, H.E. Hernández-F., R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Numerical study of active three-waveguide nonlinear directional coupler," in Proceedings of the OSA Nonlinear Guided-Wave Phenomena 3rd Topical Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 19-22 Sept. 1993, pp. 116-119.

H.E. Hernández-F., F. Di Pasquale, R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "The three-waveguide soliton coupler," in Proceedings of the OSA Nonlinear Guided-Wave Phenomena 3rd Topical Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 19-22 Sept. 1993, pp. 73-76.

H. Bissessur, R.D. Ettinger, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "A Vectorial 3-D Finite Element Propagation Method," COST 240 Meeting, Paris, France, 27 October 1993.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "Vector finite element analysis of integrated optical waveguides," in Digest of the 9th Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, COMPUMAG'93, Miami, Florida, 31 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1993, p. OE-3.

Y. Lu and F.A. Fernández, "The efficient solution of large sparse nonsymmetric and complex eigensystems by subspace iteration," in Digest of the 9th Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, COMPUMAG'93, Miami, Florida, 31 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1993, p. PD3-7.

J.B. Davies, "Uniform and non-uniform mesh in finite element analysis", (Invited Paper), Second International Workshop on Finite Element Methods for Electromagnetic Wave Problems, Siena, Italy, 25th May 1994.

J.B. Davies and A.J. Dean, "Non-uniform mesh for the solution by finite difference integral equation form of Maxwell's equations", in Digest of 6th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, CEFC'94, p. 199, Aix les Bains, France, 5-7 July 1994.

F.A. Fernández and E. Gonzalez, "Comparison of marching methods applied to the solution of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation," in Digest of 6th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, CEFC'94, p. 328, Aix les Bains, France, 5-7 July 1994.

F.A. Fernández, H.E. Hernández-Figueroa and Y. Lu, "A vectorial finite element solution for 2D leaky waveguides," in Digest of 6th IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, CEFC'94, p. 350, Aix les Bains, France, 5-7 July 1994.

F. Di Pasquale, H.E. Hernández, J.B. Davies and F.A. Fernández, "Finite element modelling of high-concentration erbium-doped nonlinear couplers," in Digest of 1994 OSA Annual Meeting, p. 129, Dallas, Texas, 2-7 Oct. 1994.

E. Gonzalez, H.E. Hernández and F.A. Fernández, "Finite element time domain scalar modeling of propagation in planar waveguides," in Digest of 1994 OSA Annual Meeting, p. 144, Dallas, Texas, 2-7 Oct. 1994.

H.E. Hernández, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Full vectorial modal analysis of 2D ARROWs by the finite element method," in Digest of 1994 OSA Annual Meeting, p. 155, Dallas, Texas, 2-7 Oct. 1994.

F. Di Pasquale, M. Federighi, F.A. Fernández and J.B. Davies, "Modelling of highly-efficient single-frequency Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped fibre lasers," (Invited Paper), in Proceedings of European Symposium on Advanced Networks and Services, SPIE vol. 2449, p. 236-244, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 20-24 March 1995.

J.B.Davies, "Finite Element Analysis of Photonic Guided Wave Structures", (Invited Paper), Workshop on Photonic Guided Wave Structures, 1995 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Orlando, 15th May 1995.

F.A. Fernández, F. Di Pasquale and J.B. Davies, "Finite Element Analysis of Integrated Optical Structures," (Invited Paper), 11th Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Conference, ACES'95, Monterey, CA, 20-24 March 1995.

J.B.Davies and A.J.Dean, "Finite Volume with Non-uniform Mesh for the Solution of Maxwell's Equations", in Proceedings of COMPUMAG'95, IEEE Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, Berlin, 10-13 July 1995.

F. Di Pasquale, F.A. Fernández, J.B. Davies and S.E. Day, "2D Finite Element Modelling of Liquid Crystal Materials," in Proceedings of COMPUMAG'95, IEEE Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, pp. 526-527, Berlin, 10-13 July 1995.

F. Di Pasquale, F.A. Fernández, J.B. Davies and S.E. Day, "Finite Element Analysis of Nematic Liquid Crystal Devices in 2-D", LMS Symposium on Mathematical Models of Liquid Crystals and Related Polymeric Systems, University of Durham, U.K., 10-20 July 1995.

F.A. Fernández, "Recent developments in the finite element modelling of microwave and optical devices," (Invited Paper), In Proceedings of 1995 IEEE/SBMO Intl. Conf. on Microwaves and Optoelectronics, pp. 493-500, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-27 July 1995.

H.E. Hernández-Figueroa, K.W.K. Loh and F.A. Fernández, "Trains of bright solitons in birefringent fibres," In Proceedings of 1995 IEEE/SBMO Intl. Conf. on Microwaves and Optoelectronics, pp. 145-148, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-27 July 1995.

H.E. Hernández-Figueroa, F.A. Fernández, F. Di Pasquale and J.B. Davies, "Finite element modelling of open radiating waveguides," (Invited Paper), In Proceedings of PIERS'95, p.1067, Seattle 24-28 July 1995.

J.B. Davies, "Finite Methods for the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields", (Invited Paper), URSI General Assembly, Lille, 4th Sept. 1996.

F. Di Pasquale, F.A. Fernández, J.B. Davies and S.E. Day, "Analysis of twisted nematic liquid crystal display cells using the finite element method," In Proceedings of SID EuroDisplay'96, 16th International Display Research Conference, Birmingham, UK, 1-3 October 1996.

F. Di Pasquale, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and J.B. Davies, "Two-dimensional modelling of nematic liquid crystal display cells using the In-Plane-Switchingmode," In Proceedings of SID'97, Society for Information Display Intl. Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 695-698, 13-15 May 1997.

F.A. Fernández, F. Di Pasquale, J.B. Davies and S.E. Day, "Modelling of liquid crystal devices using finite elements," (Invited Paper), In Proceedings of PIERS'97, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, p. 46, 7-11 July 1997.

F. Di Pasquale, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and J.B. Davies, "Time Domain Modelling of Liquid Crystal Display Cells in Two and Three Dimensions," In Proceedings of IEEE COMPUMAG'97, 11th Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, vol. 1, pp. 47-48, 3-6 Nov. 1997.

M. Rajarajan, S.S.A. Obayya, F.A. Fernández, B.M.A. Rahman and K.T.V. Grattan, "Rigorous study of leaky modes in optical waveguides," In Proceedings of Photonics West, SPIE Conference on Integrated Optics Devices III, San Jose, California, pp. 185-195, 23-29 Jan. 1999.

H.F. Deng, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and J.B. Davies, "Computer modelling of liquid crystal displays," In Proceedings of EuroDisplay'99, 19th International Display Research Conference, pp. 319-322, Berlin, Germany, 6-9 September 1999.

F.A. Fernández, H. Deng, S.E. Day and J.B. Davies, "A constant charge dynamic model of liquid crystal display cells," (Invited Paper) In Proceedings of PIERS 2000, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, p. 334, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5-14 July 2000.

F.A. Fernández and D. Mirshekar-Syahkal, "Complex modes in dielectric loaded waveguides resonators," (Invited Paper) In Proceedings of PIERS 2000, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, p. 697, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5-14 July 2000.

D.K.G. de Boer, M.T. Johnson, J.A.M.M. van Haaren, M. Fukimoto, M. Yoshiga, Y. Hamawaki, T. Unate, F.A. Fernández and S.E. Day, "Optical response of structured vertically aligned and In-Plane-Switching LCDs," In Proceedings of International Display Research Conference, Palm Beach, Florida, 25-28 Sept. 2000.

F.A. Fernández, H. Deng and S.E. Day, "Modelling of Liquid Crystal Displays using a Constant Charge Approach," In Proceedings of COMPUMAG'2001, 13th Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, Evian, France, 2-5 July 2001, pp. I.96-I.97.

F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day, P. Trwoga and H. Deng, "Three-Dimensional modelling of liquid crystal display cells using finite elements," In Proceedings of OLC2001, 9th Intl. Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Sorrento, Italy, 1-6 Oct. 2001. p.77

S. Vermael, K. Neyts, C. Desimpel, D.K.G. de Boer, S.E. Day, F.A. Fernandez P.F. Trwoga and F. Lanowith, "Two-Dimensional Monte-Carlo-based ion transport algorithm in liquid crystals," In Proceedings of IDRC/AD/IDW'01, In Proceedings of the 21st Intl. Display Research Conf. and 8th Intl. Display Workshop, Nagoya, Japan 16-19 Oct. 2001, pp.33-35.

S. Vermael, K. Neyts, D.K.G. de Boer, S.E. Day, F.A. Fernandez P.F. Trwoga and F. Lanowith, "Two-Dimensional Monte-Carlo-based ion transport algorithm in liquid crystals," In Proceedings of RUG-FTW 2nd PhD Symposium, Gent, Dec. 2001, paper 92.

F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day, P. Trwoga, H. Deng and R. James, "Three-Dimensional Dynamic Modelling of Liquid Crystal Display Cells using a Vector Approach and Finite Elements," (Invited Paper) In Proceedings of PIERS'02, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, p. 194, Cambridge MA, 1-5 July 2002.

D.K.G. de Boer, A.C. Nieuwkerk, R. Cortie, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and R. James, "Domain walls in photo-aligned double-domain twisted nematic liquid crystal displays," In Proceedings of IDW'02, 9th Intl. Display Workshops, Hiroshima, Japan, 4-6 Dec. 2002.

R. James, S. Vermael, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and K. Neyts, "Aspects in the modelling of liquid crystal devices," British Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting, 7-9 April 2003.

S. Vermael, G. Stojmenovik, K. Neyts, D.K.G. de Boer, F.A. Fernandez and S.E. Day, "3-Dimensional ion transport in liquid crystals," In Proceedings of ECLC'93, 7th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Jaca, Spain, 6-11 April 2003, p. 45.

R. James, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day, M. Komarcevic and W.A. Crossland, "Modelling of high resolution phase spatial light modulators," In proceedings of OLC'03, 10th Intl. Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Aussois, France, 13-19 Sept. 2003, p. 81-82.

R. James, S. Vermael, F.A. Fernández, S.E. Day and K. Neyts, "Modelling of ion transport in liquid crystal cells," In Proceedings, SPIE, Optical Design and Engineering, St. Etienne, France, 29 Sept. 3 Oct. 2003.

M.C. Gardner, S.E. Day and F.A. Fernández, "Liquid crystal VAN tilt bias by surface relief patterning," In Proceedings, SPIE, Optical Design and Engineering, St. Etienne, France, 29 Sept. 3 Oct. 2003.

F.A. Fernández, R. James, S.E. Day, O.A. Peverini, D. Olivero and C. Oldano, "Modelling of liquid crystal diffraction devices," (Invited Paper) In Proceedings of PIERS'04, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, paper 46.5, Pisa, Italy, 28-31 March 2004.

F.A. Fernández and L. Kulas, "A simple finite difference approach using unstructured meshes from FEM mesh generators," In Proceedings, MIKON-2004, 15th International Conference on Microwaves Radar, and Wireless Communications, Warsaw, Poland, pp. 585-588, May 17-19, 2004.

M.C. Gardner, S.E. Day, F.A. Fernández, K. Sarayeddine, J.J. Sacre and P. Benoit, "Three-dimensional modelling of a projection TV system by dynamic LC simulation and ray tracing," In Proceedings, SID 2004, Society for Information Displays International Symposium, pp. 68-71, Seattle, WA, 25-27 May 2004.

T. Kataoka, S.E. Day, D.R. Selviah and F.A. Fernández, "Polarisation-insensitive liquid crystal Fabry-Perot tunable optical filter," In Proceedings, SID 2004, Society for Information Displays International Symposium, pp. 1530-1533, Seattle, WA, 25-27 May 2004.

I. Papakonstantinou, D.R. Selviah and F.A. Fernández, "Multimode laterally tapered bent waveguide," In Proceedings of The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2004, Volume 2, 7-11 Nov. 2004, pp. 983-984.

R. James, M.C. Gardner, F.A. Fernandez and S.E. Day, "3D Modelling of high resolution devices," in Proceedings of ECLC'05, 8th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, p. P52, Sesto, Italy, 27 Feb. - 4 March 2005.

K. Wang, M.C. Gardner, S.E. Day and F.A. Fernandez, "Modelling of the optical properties of nematic liquid crystals for LCOS rear projection TV system," in Proceedings of Eurodisplay 2005, 25th International Display Research Conference, pp. 120-123, Edinburgh, 20-22 Sept. 2005.

H. DeSmet, D. Cuypers, F.A. Fernandez and S.E. Day, "Inter-gray-level response times of a liquid crystal display," in Proceedings of Eurodisplay 2005, 25th International Display Research Conference, pp. 294-297, Edinburgh, 20-22 Sept. 2005.

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