Analysis of discontinuities in an open dielectric slab waveguide by combination of finite and boundary elements

Author

Hirayama, Koichi ; Koshiba, Masanori

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1989

fDate

4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

761

Lastpage

768

Abstract

A combination of the finite-element and boundary-element methods is proposed for the solution of arbitrarily shaped discontinuities in an open dielectric slab waveguide. The discontinuity region is divided into two regions. One is a finite region with arbitrary inhomogeneities, and the other is a semi-infinite and homogeneous region. The finite-element and boundary-element methods are applied to the former and the latter regions, respectively. For uniform waveguide regions connected to discontinuities, analytical solutions in which both the guided and the radiated modes are taken into account are used. To show the validity and usefulness of this approach, computed results are given for several kinds of discontinuities, and the accuracy of the solutions is investigated in detail.<>

Keywords

boundary-elements methods; dielectric waveguides; finite element analysis; waveguide theory; BEM; FEA; FEM; arbitrary inhomogeneities; boundary-element methods; discontinuities; finite region; finite-element; open dielectric slab waveguide; semiinfinite homogeneous region; Boundary element methods; Dielectrics; Equations; Finite element methods; Millimeter wave technology; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical waveguides; Slabs; Waveguide discontinuities;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.18851

Filename

18851