Light propagation in an array of rectilinear and curvilinear coupled channel waveguides

Journal Article · Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2003 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2003V033N04ABEH002417· OSTI ID:21470302

Goncharov, A A; Svidzinsky, K K; Sychugov, V A; Usievich, B A ^[1]

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1. A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Light transmission through an array of tunnel-coupled channel waveguides is studied in detail. It is shown that a discrete structure of the light-transmitting medium leads to a modification of the law of light refraction. It is also shown that a new type of total internal reflection of light inside the structure manifests itself in an inhomogeneous array of coupled waveguides. The process of light propagation in an array of identical channel waveguides, which are arranged equidistantly along concentric circles, is investigated. It is established that such a waveguide array is equivalent to an inhomogeneous system of coupled waveguides. The mode excitation process in an array of ring channel waveguides located on cylindrical and conical surfaces is considered. (waveguides)

• OSTI ID: 21470302
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 33, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2003v033n04ABEH002417; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CONICAL CONFIGURATION
COUPLED CHANNEL THEORY
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
EXCITATION
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
MODIFICATIONS
REFLECTION
REFRACTION
RINGS
SURFACES
VISIBLE RADIATION
WAVEGUIDES
CONFIGURATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
RADIATIONS
TRANSMISSION