EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE VECTOR MODE CALCULATIONS BY BEAM-PROPAGATION METHOD

被引:71
作者
XU, CL
HUANG, WP
CHAUDHURI, SK
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1109/50.238083
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An in-depth study of the beam propagation method for the vector mode calculation of optical waveguides is presented. It is established that the imaginary-distance propagation method may be generalized to vectorial modes for arbitrary structures by conjuncting with the finite difference vector beam propagation method (FD-VBPM). A simple, unified theory and analysis are developed. An assessment for the accuracy and efficiency is carried out by comparing the simulated results with the analytical solutions for well-known structures.
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页码:1209 / 1215
页数:7
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