Modal fields of symmetric metal-clad planar uniaxial crystal waveguide

Qi Guo; Zhiwei Shi; Wencheng Xu

doi:10.1117/12.444580

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16 October 2001 Modal fields of symmetric metal-clad planar uniaxial crystal waveguide

Qi Guo, Zhiwei Shi, Wencheng Xu

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Proceedings Volume 4603, Fiber Optics and Optoelectronics for Network Applications; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.444580
Event: International Symposium on Optoelectonics and Microelectronics, 2001, Nanjing, China

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We discuss the propagation characteristics of the electromagnetic field in the symmetric metal-clad planar uniaxial crystal waveguide. For the special waveguide structure that the optical axis of the crystal is on the x-z plane, where x is the normal direction of the waveguide plane and z is the propagation direction, we obtain the analytic accurate solution of the modal fields. It is shown that:(1) there are TE mode and TM mode in this special waveguide structure; 2) The direction of the wave vector and the Poynting vector of TM mode are not collinear; (3) The principal mode of the waveguide is the principal mode of TE mode for the negative uniaxial crystal, but the one of TM mode for the positive uniaxial crystal.

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Qi Guo, Zhiwei Shi, and Wencheng Xu "Modal fields of symmetric metal-clad planar uniaxial crystal waveguide", Proc. SPIE 4603, Fiber Optics and Optoelectronics for Network Applications, (16 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.444580

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