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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19780393
