Time-domain reflective beam propagation method

Author

Feng, Ning-Ning ; Huang, Wei-Ping

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Volume

40

Issue

6

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

778

Lastpage

783

Abstract

A time-domain reflective beam propagation method (TD-RBPM) is presented for the analysis of optical pulse propagation and reflection in waveguide structures with multiple discontinuities. By utilizing an implicit scheme, the method allows relatively large time steps and, therefore, is highly efficient. The accuracy of the method is verified by simulating a time-domain Gaussian pulse reflected and transmitted from a multiple period grating and a four-layer antireflection coating structure.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; diffraction gratings; optical multilayers; optical pulse generation; optical waveguide theory; time-domain analysis; waveguide discontinuities; four-layer antireflection coating; multiple period grating; optical pulse propagation; optical pulse reflection; time-domain Gaussian pulse; time-domain reflective beam propagation method; waveguide structures discontinuities; Computational modeling; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Gratings; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Time domain analysis; Waveguide discontinuities; BPM; Beam propagation method; optical waveguide discontinuities; time-domain beam propagation; time-domain reflection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2004.828245

Filename

1303793