Similarity rules for nonlinear Kerr-like slab optical waveguides

It is shown that the stationary waveguiding properties of TE guided waves in a slab optical waveguide with a nonlinear Kerr-like bounding medium can be described in a compact way by means of the usual normalized effective modal index (b) and a set of only four independent normalized parameters: the...

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Autores: Torner Sabata, Lluís|||0000-0002-6491-4210, Pérez Torres, Juan|||0000-0002-4454-6676
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1992
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/97354
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97354
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/3.135311
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telecommunication
Refractive index
Optical Kerr effect
Optical waveguide theory
Optical waveguides
Telecomunicació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
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Sumario:It is shown that the stationary waveguiding properties of TE guided waves in a slab optical waveguide with a nonlinear Kerr-like bounding medium can be described in a compact way by means of the usual normalized effective modal index (b) and a set of only four independent normalized parameters: the well-known normalized thickness (V) and asymmetry measure (a) of the waveguide, the generalized aspect ratio between film and substrate refractive indexes, and a guided power measure. From an analysis starting on Buckingham's II-theorem, the similarity rules existing between the above waveguiding structures have been investigated. Allowed and forbidden regions in (b,V,a)-space in order that a guided solution exists have been recognized and classified, with the marginal loci separating different regions being a function of only V and a.