• DocumentCode
    895191
  • Title

    Unfolding the multivalued planar waveguide dispersion relation

  • Author

    Smith, R.E. ; Forbes, G.W. ; Houde-Walter, S.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1031
  • Lastpage
    1034
  • Abstract
    Conventional 2×2 matrix techniques give an implicit dispersion relation for planar waveguides that involves multivalued functions. This multivalued form can cause complications and confusion. It is shown that it is possible to derive a single-valued form that avoids all such difficulties. The resulting formulation allows the unique identification of all the proper and improper modes of a structure and simplifies their numerical determination
  • Keywords
    dispersion (wave); waveguide theory; improper modes; matrix techniques; multivalued planar waveguide dispersion relation; proper modes; single-valued form; Dispersion; Equations; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Polarization; Propagation constant; Tellurium; Transmission line matrix methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.214486
  • Filename
    214486
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=895191