• DocumentCode
    3550131
  • Title

    Optimization of aperiodic waveguide mode converters

  • Author

    Burke, G.J. ; White, D.A. ; Thompson, C.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-7 April 2005
  • Firstpage
    156
  • Lastpage
    159
  • Abstract
    Stepped aperiodic waveguide structures are designed for mode conversion by numerical optimization coupled with a mode matching solver. Several configurations and design goals are evaluated for performance and dimensional tolerances. Results are validated against a FDTD code.
  • Keywords
    finite difference time-domain analysis; mode matching; optimisation; waveguide components; waveguides; FDTD code; aperiodic waveguide mode converters optimization; mode conversion; mode matching solver; Design optimization; Finite difference methods; Laboratories; Periodic structures; Scattering; Simulated annealing; Tellurium; Time domain analysis; Transmission line matrix methods; Waveguide junctions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, 2005. IEEE/ACES International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9068-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCACEM.2005.1469552
  • Filename
    1469552