Title :
Semivectorial beam-propagation method for analyzing polarized modes of rib waveguides
Author :
Liu, Pao-Lo ; Li, Bing-Jin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report a semivectorial beam-propagation method which can determine the form birefringence in rib or channel waveguides. In this approach, a finite-difference equation is solved by using the alternating-implicit method to simulate the propagation of the optical beam. Since boundary conditions are incorporated into the finite-difference equation, polarized modes can be simulated. Numerical results on three well-known rib waveguides are presented with comparisons to published data
Keywords :
difference equations; light polarisation; optical waveguide theory; alternating-implicit method; boundary conditions; channel waveguides; finite-difference equation; form birefringence; polarized modes; rib waveguides; semivectorial beam-propagation method; Birefringence; Boundary conditions; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Finite difference methods; Optical beams; Optical computing; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
