New type of guided waves in birefringent media

The existence of waves guided by thin dielectric films deposited over a positive birefringent crystal for waveguide parameters below usual cutoff is discussed. This additional kind of guided wave has a hybrid nature and occurs in properly tailored waveguides when a suitable orientation of the crysta...

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Autores: Torner Sabata, Lluís|||0000-0002-6491-4210, Pérez Torres, Juan|||0000-0002-4454-6676, Mihalache, Dumitru
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1993
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:2117/97618
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97618
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/68.196004
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telecommunication
Optical waveguide theory
Birefringence
Optical films
Telecomunicació
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Sumario:The existence of waves guided by thin dielectric films deposited over a positive birefringent crystal for waveguide parameters below usual cutoff is discussed. This additional kind of guided wave has a hybrid nature and occurs in properly tailored waveguides when a suitable orientation of the crystal optical axis, relative to the waveguide axis, is taken. The dependence of the allowed orientations on various waveguide parameters has been analyzed. Noticeable fast variations, with potential interest for switching applications, have been found.