• DocumentCode
    999643
  • Title

    Guided modes of a four-layer optical waveguide with a metal buffer

  • Author

    Moshkun, I. ; Boyd, T.J.M. ; Newton, R.H.C.

  • Author_Institution
    University College of North Wales, School of Electronic Engineering Science and School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bangor, UK
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    587
  • Lastpage
    588
  • Abstract
    A 4-layer optical waveguide with a metal buffer layer of varying thickness has been examined theoretically and solutions of the dispersion relation have been found numerically. Particular attention has been paid to the electric-field distributions and the losses in the waveguide.
  • Keywords
    optical dispersion; optical waveguide theory; dispersion relation; electric field distribution; four layer optical waveguide; guided modes; losses; metal buffer layer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19780393
  • Filename
    4249556