Adiabaticity and random wave propagation

被引:2
作者
Elyutin, PV [1 ]
Ladouceur, F [1 ]
机构
[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,AUSTRALIAN PHOTON COOPERAT RES CTR,CTR OPT SCI,CANBERRA,ACT 0200,AUSTRALIA
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D O I
10.1364/OL.22.001241
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We examine the assumption of adiabaticity that underlies mode-coupling analysis of stochastic phenomena such as roughness and inhomogeneity in passive photonics devices such as couplers, gratings, and simple waveguides. We show that although the adiabaticity condition is formally violated by such phenomena, only the low spatial frequencies actually contribute significantly to such phenomena, thus preserving the validity of the analysis. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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页码:1241 / 1243
页数:3
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