Modeling of optical waveguide structures with general anisotropy in arbitrary orthogonal coordinate systems

Author

Pregla, Reinhold

Author_Institution

Univ. of Hagen, Germany

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

2002

Firstpage

1217

Lastpage

1224

Abstract

An extended algorithm for the analysis of arbitrary waveguide structures with general anisotropic materials is proposed and substantiated. This algorithm is based on generalized transmission line (GTL) equations which are developed here for numerical algorithms. For the purpose of analysis, a general modal matrix for the discretized transverse electric and magnetic fields is calculated. Furthermore, impedance/admittance transformation formulas are developed with the help of the GTL equations for longitudinal sections. The proposed algorithm is verified by numerical results.

Keywords

anisotropic media; impedance matrix; method of lines; numerical analysis; optical waveguide theory; arbitrary orthogonal coordinate systems; arbitrary waveguide structure modeling; discretized transverse electric fields; discretized transverse magnetic fields; extended algorithm; general anisotropic materials; general modal matrix; generalized transmission line equations; impedance/admittance transformation formulas; longitudinal sections; method of lines; numerical algorithms; optical waveguide structures; Admittance; Algorithm design and analysis; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Equations; Geometrical optics; Impedance; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Optical waveguides; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2002.806681

Filename

1176663