Title :
Regularized boundary integral equation method for CAD and optimization of optical microcavities
Author :
Boriskina, Svetlana V. ; Benson, Trevor M. ; Sewell, Phillip ; Nosich, Alexander I.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK
fDate :
29 June-3 July 2003
Abstract :
A full-vectorial boundary integral equation method is presented for calculating the resonant spectra of arbitrary shape 2-D dielectric cavities together with near-field and far-field patterns and Q-factors. Very fast, stable and robust algorithms developed based on the method enable us to simulate and optimize the performance of WG-mode optical microcavities widely used in dense WDM systems. The. effect on the cavity characteristics of introducing special deformations and/or evanescent coupling to bus waveguides is analyzed. Frequency tuning and Q-factor control is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; Q-factor; boundary integral equations; laser cavity resonators; micro-optics; microcavities; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; CAD; Q-factor control; Q-factors; WG-mode optical microcavities; arbitrary shape 2-D dielectric cavities; bus waveguides; cavity characteristics; dense WDM systems; evanescent coupling; far-field patterns; frequency tuning; full-vectorial boundary integral equation method; near-field patterns; optical microcavities; regularized boundary integral equation method; resonant spectra; robust algorithms; Dielectrics; Integral equations; Microcavities; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Optimization methods; Q factor; Resonance; Robustness; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7816-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2003.1264644
