A simple variational approach to optical rib waveguides

Author

Huang, Weiping ; Haus, Hermann A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

9

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

61

Abstract

A simple method for the calculation of the mode properties of optical rib waveguides is presented. The method is based on a scalar variational principle combined with a vector perturbation analysis for the polarization correction. It is demonstrated that, with the proper trial functions, the approach can predict very accurately the dispersion characteristics with much less effort (in terms of formulation and computation) than the existing numerical techniques. The field patterns of the modes can be computed from the scalar analysis. The vector property of the mode can be taken into account by a perturbation formula. The computation is carried out on an IBM PC. The user-friendly computer program is written in Fortran

Keywords

optical dispersion; optical waveguide theory; perturbation theory; variational techniques; vectors; Fortran; IBM PC; dispersion characteristics; field patterns; mode properties; optical rib waveguides; perturbation formula; polarization correction; scalar analysis; scalar variational principle; trial functions; user-friendly computer program; vector perturbation analysis; Electromagnetic waveguides; Equations; Fabrication; Microcomputers; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Propagation constant; Semiconductor waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.64923

Filename

64923