Optical Waveguide Theory by the Finite Element Method

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-94-010-4713-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: Advances in Opto-Electronics

Recent advances in the field of guided-wave optics, such as fiber optics and integrated optics, have included the introduction of arbitrarily-shaped optical waveguides which, in many cases, also happened to be arbitrarily inhomogeneous, dissipative, anisotropic, and/or nonlinear. Most of such cases of waveguide arbitrariness do not lend themselves to analytical so­ lutions; hence, computational tools for modeling and simulation are es­ sential for successful design, optimization, and realization of the optical waveguides. For this purpose, various numerical techniques have been de­ veloped. In particular, the finite element method (FEM) is a powerful and efficient tool for the most general (i. e., arbitrarily-shaped, inhomogeneous, dissipative, anisotropic, and nonlinear) optical waveguide problem. Its use in industry and research is extensive, and indeed it could be said that with­ out it many optical waveguide problems would be incapable of solution. This book is intended for students, engineers, designers, and techni­ cal managers interested in a detailed description of the FEM for optical waveguide analysis. Starting from a brief review of electromagnetic theory, the first chapter provides the concepts of the FEM and its fundamentals. In addition to conventional elements, i. e., line elements, triangular elements, tetrahedral elements, ring elements, and triangular ring elements which are utilized for one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, axisymmetric two­ dimensional, and axisymmetric three-dimensional problems, respectively, special-purpose elements, such as isoparametric elements, edge elements, infinite elements, and boundary elements, are also introduced.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koshiba, Masanori

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Elektrotechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Numerische Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Finite Element Method.- 2 Planar Optical Waveguides.- 3 Optical Channel Waveguides.- 4 Optical Fibers.- 5 Polarization-Maintaining Optical Fibers.- 6 Optical Gratings.- 7 Optical Waveguide Discontinuities.- 8 Nonlinear Optical Waveguides.- 9 Optical Solitons.- 10 Quantum Well Structures.