Title | Matrix-free plane wave modal expansion approach for robust design of photonic structures |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Krishnamurthy, V., M. Messer, J. Allen, and B. Klein |
Conference Name | Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on |
Pagination | 1 -2 |
Date Published | may. |
Keywords | 2D slice mode propagation, Fourier operator, Fourier transform optics, Helmholtz equations, matrix-free plane wave modal expansion, modal analysis, optical design techniques, optical materials, optical waveguides, photonic crystal slow-light waveguides, photonic crystals, photonic device, photonic structures, robust design, scattering matrices, vectorial Helmholtzpsilas equation, vectors |
Abstract | Fourier operator is used in the vectorial Helmholtzpsilas equation for the calculation of layer modes in a 2D slice of a photonic device. The slice modes are then propagated throughout the device via scattering matrices. |