EFFECT OF METAL CLADDING THICKNESS ON GUIDED-MODE OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR METAL-CLAD 4-LAYER WAVE-GUIDES

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作者
MA, CS
LIU, S
机构
[1] Department of Electronics Science, Jilin University, Changchun
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10.1364/JOSAA.7.001577
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The effect of the metal-cladding thickness on the guided-mode optical characteristics of the asymmetric metal-clad four-layer waveguide is analyzed by a simplified method, and the expressions for the propagation constant and the absorption loss coefficient are derived for the TE modes. For the air/Au/GaAs/AlGaAs waveguides the results computed from this method are in good agreement with the numerical results of the mode complex transcendental eigenvalue equation, except in the regions near mode cutoff. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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