Title :
Solving planar dielectric waveguide equations by counting the number of guided modes
Author :
Ding, H. ; Chan, K.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A novel approach for solving lossless planar dielectric waveguide equations is presented. The approach calculates the modal indices of multilayer dielectric waveguides with arbitrary index distribution by adaptation of the mode counting rule. Our numerical results show that this method can calculate the modal indices of all modes in any arbitrary order with high precision.
Keywords :
optical films; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; refractive index; arbitrary index distribution; guided mode number counting; high precision; lossless planar dielectric waveguide equations; modal indices; mode counting rule; multilayer dielectric waveguides; optical planar dielectric waveguide equations; refractive index; Dielectric devices; Dielectric losses; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical planar waveguides; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Refractive index;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
