Title : 
Light propagation in coupled waveguides
         
        
            Author : 
Vaishnavi, G.V.S. ; Modak, S. ; Dutta Gupta, S. ; Venu Gopal, Achanta
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Chennai, Chennai, India
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We studied periodic and quasi-periodic coupled waveguides by finite difference time domain simulations. Bloch oscillations and possible light collimation observed in these structures which could be promising for light coupling applications.
         
        
            Keywords : 
finite difference time-domain analysis; light propagation; optical couplers; optical waveguides; Bloch oscillations; finite difference time domain simulations; light collimation; light coupling applications; light propagation; periodic-quasiperiodic coupled waveguides;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Chennai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-4718-1