Title :
Computational environment for the study of optical waveguides
Author :
de Oliveira Pereira, D. ; Giarola, Attilio José ; Costa, João Crisostomo Weyl Albuquerque
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Brazil
fDate :
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A notebook in the software Mathematica is developed here for the analysis of planar multilayer dielectric waveguides with the objective of using it as a didactic computational tool, with a possible inclusion in the electrical engineering package library of this same software. The scattering and guiding phenomena in a given structure are analyzed in the notebook, through the use of the programming facilities of the Mathematica software. The user may thus specify the physical and geometrical parameters to be analyzed or make a choice from a model´s library that includes periodic structures such as Bragg reflectors and multiple quantum well (MQW) structures
Keywords :
courseware; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; optical waveguides; periodic structures; Bragg reflectors; CAI; Mathematica; didactic computational tool; electrical engineering package library; geometrical parameters; multiple quantum well structures; optical waveguides; periodic structures; physical parameters; planar multilayer dielectric waveguides; programming facilities; Dielectrics; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical computing; Optical planar waveguides; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Planar waveguides; Software libraries; Software tools;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
