A VECTOR BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD FOR GUIDED-WAVE OPTICS

被引:38
作者
HUANG, WP
XU, CL
CHU, ST
CHAUDHURI, SK
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1109/68.93259
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A vector beam propagation method for the modeling and simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in optical guided-wave devices is proposed and presented. The new vector BPM is based on a finite-difference scheme which takes into account the boundary conditions of the transverse electric fields over the waveguide cross section. The method is applied to a directional coupler made of parallel slabs and shown to be in excellent agreement with the exact solutions.
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页码:910 / 913
页数:4
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