Optics Letters · 1977 · 73 citations · 5 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsDirectional CouplersFiber OpticsOptical FibersPhysical OpticsPolarization OpticsWave OpticsCoupled-mode TheoryFiber CouplersFiber CouplingNonlinear Wave OpticsOptical CouplersPolarized Light PropagationWave-wave Coupling
The evolution of the amplitudes of two general, codirectional coupled waves is represented as a rotation of a generalized Poincaré sphere in analogy to polarized light. The method permits simple, pictorial representation of coupling effects in directional couplers and "monomode" optical fibers.
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Coupled-mode theory for guided-wave optics
A. Yariv · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1973 · 2K citations
Natural Sciences, Physics, Optics +16