DocumentCode
1050942
Title
Analysis of planar waveguides formed by nonuniform nonlinearity
Author
Sammut, R.A. ; Pask, C.
Author_Institution
New South Wales Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Volume
29
Issue
3
fYear
1993
Firstpage
266
Lastpage
268
Abstract
A planar waveguide containing a nonlinear film whose thickness varies in the transverse direction can be used to simulate propagation in a one (transverse)-dimensional medium with constant refractive index but a spatially varying nonlinearity. This idea is illustrated by finding the steady-state solutions for several examples.
Keywords
integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical films; optical waveguide theory; 1D medium; constant refractive index; nonlinear film; nonlinear waveguides; nonuniform nonlinearity; planar waveguides; slab waveguides; spatially varying nonlinearity; steady-state solutions; wave dispersion;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19930182
Filename
277162
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