TE Mode Mixing Dynamics in Curved Multimode Optical Waveguides

TE Mode Mixing Dynamics in Curved Multimode Optical Waveguides

Year:    2012

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 11 (2012), Iss. 2 : pp. 525–540

Abstract

Propagation of light through curved graded index optical waveguides supporting an arbitrary high number of modes is investigated. The discussion is restricted to optical wave fields which are well confined within the core region and losses through radiation are neglected. Using coupled mode theory formalism, two new forms for the propagation kernel for the transverse electric (TE) wave as it travels along a curved two-dimensional waveguide are presented. One form, involving the notion of "bend" modes, is shown to be attractive from a computational point of view as it allows an efficient numerical evaluation of the optical field for sharply bent waveguides.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.211209.200710s

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 11 (2012), Iss. 2 : pp. 525–540

Published online:    2012-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    16

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