A resonance technique for the calculation of guided modes in nonlinear optics (Planar and cylindrical geometry)

Author

Kanellopoulos, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

fYear

1996

fDate

10-13 Sep 1996

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

45

Abstract

A summary of the research work carried out in our Laboratory, concerning the analysis of nonlinear optical waves guided by complicated planar/cylindrical structures, is reported here. The following configurations are chosen as representative examples: a) a scheme of successive non-Kerr nonlinear planar layers and b) a fiber waveguide consisting of successive nonlinear cylindrical layers. The methodology is based on the resonance technique and is simple and easily programmable on a small personal computer. The nonlinear media considered are of the general type (non-Kerr media) including the more complicated but realistic case of saturable media. A representative set of numerical results obtained by this method is demonstrated

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical fibre theory; optical planar waveguides; optical saturation; optical waveguide theory; resonance; cylindrical geometry; fiber waveguide; guided modes; nonKerr media; nonlinear cylindrical layers; nonlinear media; nonlinear optical waves; nonlinear optics; nonlinear planar layers; numerical results; planar geometry; resonance technique; saturable media; small personal computer; Dielectric losses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 1996., 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lviv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3291-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.1996.565620

Filename

565620