Title :
Causality and Kramers-Kronig relations for waveguides
Author :
Haakestad, Magnus W. ; Skaar, Johannes
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim
Abstract :
Starting from the condition that optical signals propagate causally, we have obtained Kramers-Kronig relations for waveguides. Evanescent modes contribute as an effective loss term in these relations when material absorption is negligible.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; Kramers-Kronig relations; causality; evanescent modes; material absorption; optical signals; waveguides; Dispersion; Electromagnetic waveguides; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Hollow waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Waveguide components; (230.7370) Waveguides; (260.2030) Dispersion; (260.2110) Electromagnetic theory; (350.5500) Propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628776
