Numerical method for the analysis of optical waveguides

Abstract

A novel numerical method, based on the mechanical resonance to extract pure eigenmodes, is presented for calculating the modes of arbitrary-shaped optical waveguides. This method can accurately treat a system containing as many as ~10⁶ meshes. It is demonstrated that the algorithm is useful for the analysis, modeling, and design of lossless optical waveguides.

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