Full vector analysis of optical fibre facet

Author

Vorgul, I. ; Vukovic, A. ; Sewell, P. ; Benson, T.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

10-13 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

233

Abstract

The normal facet full vector problem is accurately solved for a vector circular optical fibre with a high efficiency algorithm. The free space radiation mode (FSRM) method is used to investigate the facet reflectivity for a set of incident modes having all six components of electromagnetic field dependent on all three spatial coordinates. The analysis yields a simple integral for the reflection coefficient for each mode, which makes calculations fast and reliable. Vector results for the reflectivity of the fundamental EH/sub 11/ mode are compared with the scalar ones showing significant quantitative differences between them (<40 dB).

Keywords

circular waveguides; electromagnetic fields; optical fibre theory; reflectivity; electromagnetic field; facet full vector problem; free space radiation mode; full vector analysis; fundamental EH/sub 11/ mode; incident modes; optical fibre facet; reflection coefficient; spatial coordinates; vector circular optical fibre; Electromagnetic waveguides; Optical design; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Rectangular waveguides; Reflectivity; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 2002. MMET '02. 2002 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kiev, Ukraine

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7391-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.2002.1106871

Filename

1106871