DocumentCode
2096906
Title
Modeling Ultra Short Optical Pulse Propagation In Directional Coupler Waveguides
Author
Masoudi, Husain M. ; Aitchison, J.Stewart
Author_Institution
Univ. of Toronto, Toronto
fYear
2007
fDate
21-25 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
22
Abstract
We employ a novel non-paraxial time-domain BPM technique to study ultra short pulse propagation in long directional coupler structures. The effect of intermodal dispersion that causes pulse break up and distortion has been investigated accurately.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical dispersion; optical waveguide theory; time-domain analysis; directional coupler waveguide; intermodal dispersion; long directional coupler structures; nonparaxial time-domain BPM technique; optical communication devices; pulse break up; pulse distortion; time-domain beam propagation method; ultrashort optical pulse propagation modeling; Directional couplers; Dispersion; Equations; Optical beams; Optical computing; Optical coupling; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Time domain analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lake Buena Vista, FL
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382254
Filename
4382254
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