• DocumentCode
    1554024
  • Title

    Spurious modes in the DuFort-Frankel finite-difference beam propagation method

  • Author

    Masoudi, Husain M. ; Arnold, John M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    1382
  • Lastpage
    1384
  • Abstract
    In this letter, we analyze the DuFort-Frankel beam propagation method (BPM) which is a modification to the known explicit finite-difference beam propagation method (EFD-BPM) and found that there are some precautions that must he taken before using the method. The accuracy and the efficiency of this method has been shown and compared with the most popular FD-BPMs.
  • Keywords
    finite difference methods; numerical stability; optical waveguide theory; partial differential equations; DuFort-Frankel finite-difference beam propagation method; accuracy; efficiency; numerical method; parabolic equation; spurious modes; symmetric slab waveguide; Equations; Finite difference methods; Minerals; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Petroleum; Refractive index; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.623270
  • Filename
    623270