Simulation of nonlinear optical waveguide structure by using FDTD technique

Mohammed M. Shabat; Nafez M. Barakat; Samia Al-Azab; Dieter Jager

doi:10.1117/12.525551

19 November 2003 Simulation of nonlinear optical waveguide structure by using FDTD technique

Mohammed M. Shabat, Nafez M. Barakat, Samia Al-Azab, Dieter Jager

Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525551
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The Finite Difference Time Domain Technique is at present the most widely used tool employed in the study of light propagation in various photonic waveguide structure. The present paper proposes a new approach of FDTD technique to simulate the wave equation in a four optical waveguiding rectangular structure. We derive the stability condition to achieve the stability in nonlinear media region, we also check that the wave equation used is consistence and convergent with the approximate finite difference equation. Our method is tested against some previous problems and we found a high degree of accuracy, moreover it is easy for programming. Numerical results are illustrated for a rectangular waveguide with four layers, where one of these layers is a nonlinear medium.

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Mohammed M. Shabat, Nafez M. Barakat, Samia Al-Azab, and Dieter Jager "Simulation of nonlinear optical waveguide structure by using FDTD technique", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525551

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