Optical waveguide analysis using Beam Propagation Method利用光束传播法分析光波导.pdf

Optical waveguide analysis using Optical waveguide analysis using Beam Propagation Method Beam Propagation Method Term Paper for “Introduction to Optoelectronics” spring 2006 Prof. Frank Barnes Page 10: My MATLAB® implementation of double slit diffraction Using Beam Propagation Method Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani pavani@ Micro-Optical Imaging Systems Laboratory University of Colorado at Boulder 1 Introduction Closed form analytical solutions for the wave equation can be easily determined only for a few symmetrical structures such as cylindrical and slab waveguides. In complicated structures with bends such as y-couplers, analytic closed form solutions cannot be derived. Figure 1a: Cylindrical waveguide Figure 1b: Y Coupler The Y-Coupler, as shown in Figure 1b, couples an input waveguide to two output waveguides. As the mode would dynamically change as the wave propagates through such structure, it is hard to determine the losses using analytical methods. Beam propagation method can be efficiently used for analyzing such structures. 2 Beam propagation method The beam propagation method is a numerical way of determining the fields inside a waveguide. With this method, the mode profile of an unusual waveguides such as y- couplers can be determined with ease. The dynamic mode profile can be accurately estimated as the wave propagates through the wave guide. The beam p