Title :
Beam propagation analysis of the nonlinear tapered optical waveguide
Author :
Liu, Hwei-Yuan ; Wang, Way-Seen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A study of the transient behavior of nonlinear tapered optical waveguide is presented. The Fresnel equation with an input Gaussian field distribution is solved numerically using a combination of the semivectorial-polarized finite difference method and the Runge-Kutta method. The calculated results show that the tapered nonlinear waveguides have better wave-guiding characteristics in potential applications
Keywords :
finite difference methods; light propagation; nonlinear optics; optical waveguide theory; transient analysis; Fresnel equation; Runge-Kutta method; beam propagation analysis; input Gaussian field distribution; nonlinear tapered optical waveguide; semivectorial-polarized finite difference method; transient behavior; wave-guiding characteristics; Difference equations; Differential equations; Finite difference methods; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
