Two-dimensional coupled-mode theory for modeling leaky-mode arrays
- Division 1164, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (US)
The use of a two-dimensional coupled-mode theory for modeling buried-ridge-waveguide index-guided arrays in general and leaky-mode arrays in particular is described. This formalism provides a framework for understanding the complicated modal structure of leaky-mode arrays by expressing their modes as linear combinations of the two-dimensional modes of the buried-ridge waveguides and the active-region confinement structure. As a result, the inherently large parameter space of these devices may be collapsed dramatically so that the device behavior is describable in terms of only the propagation constant mismatch between the buried-ridge modes and the active-region modes and their coupling coefficient.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7198626
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (USA) Vol. 15:1; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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