Computational environment for the study of optical waveguides

Author

de Oliveira Pereira, D. ; Giarola, Attilio José ; Costa, João Crisostomo Weyl Albuquerque

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Brazil

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

305

Lastpage

310

Abstract

A notebook in the software Mathematica is developed here for the analysis of planar multilayer dielectric waveguides with the objective of using it as a didactic computational tool, with a possible inclusion in the electrical engineering package library of this same software. The scattering and guiding phenomena in a given structure are analyzed in the notebook, through the use of the programming facilities of the Mathematica software. The user may thus specify the physical and geometrical parameters to be analyzed or make a choice from a model´s library that includes periodic structures such as Bragg reflectors and multiple quantum well (MQW) structures

Keywords

courseware; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; optical waveguides; periodic structures; Bragg reflectors; CAI; Mathematica; didactic computational tool; electrical engineering package library; geometrical parameters; multiple quantum well structures; optical waveguides; periodic structures; physical parameters; planar multilayer dielectric waveguides; programming facilities; Dielectrics; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical computing; Optical planar waveguides; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Planar waveguides; Software libraries; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.804536

Filename

804536