New formulations of the matrix beam propagation method: application to rib waveguides

Abstract

A technique for the spectral analysis of strongly guided optical waveguiding media based on a variant of the recently introduced matrix beam propagation algorithm is discussed. In particular, it is shown that the lowest order modes of rib waveguides can be generated with a simple computer program using this method. The results are also obtained using a standard finite-element procedure. The relative efficiency of the two methods is considered. The propagating electric field and differential losses in a Y junction fabricated from rib waveguides are also evaluated.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>