• DocumentCode
    971709
  • Title

    Explicit finite difference beam propagation method: application to semiconductor rib waveguide Y-junction analysis

  • Author

    Chung, Yueh-Ting ; Dagli, Nadir

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    5/24/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    711
  • Lastpage
    713
  • Abstract
    A novel explicit finite difference beam propagation method is developed and applied to the analysis of a strongly guiding semiconductor rib waveguide Y-junction. Its accuracy is confirmed by comparison with reported results. This method is much more efficient than the standard beam propagation method for the rib waveguide analysis.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguide theory; explicit finite difference beam propagation method; rib waveguide analysis; semiconductor rib waveguide Y-junction analysis; strongly guiding semiconductor rib waveguide Y-junction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900464
  • Filename
    106033