Title :
Modeling Ultra Short Optical Pulse Propagation In Directional Coupler Waveguides
Author :
Masoudi, Husain M. ; Aitchison, J.Stewart
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Toronto, Toronto
Abstract :
We employ a novel non-paraxial time-domain BPM technique to study ultra short pulse propagation in long directional coupler structures. The effect of intermodal dispersion that causes pulse break up and distortion has been investigated accurately.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical dispersion; optical waveguide theory; time-domain analysis; directional coupler waveguide; intermodal dispersion; long directional coupler structures; nonparaxial time-domain BPM technique; optical communication devices; pulse break up; pulse distortion; time-domain beam propagation method; ultrashort optical pulse propagation modeling; Directional couplers; Dispersion; Equations; Optical beams; Optical computing; Optical coupling; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382254
