Basic gui for beam propagation method for advancing gaussian beam in a profiled medium. This chapter describes the beam propagation method bpm, which is the most powerful technique to investigate linear and nonlinear light wave propagation phenomena in axially varying waveguides such as curvilinear directional couplers, branching and combining waveguides, sshaped bent waveguides, and tapered waveguides. Scientific publishenikluwer academic, and coauthored the books analysis. Katsunari okamoto, in fundamentals of optical waveguides second edition, 2006. Finitedifference fullvectorial beam propagation method. Beam propagation method for design of optical waveguide devices. Pdf an assessment of finite difference beam propagation method. Optical waveguide analysis using beam propagation method. It is essentially the same as the socalled parabolic equation pe method in underwater acoustics. Both bpm and the pe were first introduced in the 1970s. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite.
Finite element methods for nonlinear optical waveguides. Beam propagation method for design of optical waveguide devices lifante pedrola, gines on. With this method, the mode profile of an unusual waveguides such as ycouplers can be determined with ease. Beam propagation method for design of optical waveguide. Beam propagation method and microlens design for optical coupling. The dynamic mode profile can be accurately estimated as the wave propagates through the wave guide. A vector beam propagation method for guidedwave optics ieee. This chapter describes the beam propagation method bpm, which is the most powerful technique to investigate linear and nonlinear light wave propagation phenomena in axially varying waveguides such as curvilinear directional couplers, branching and combining waveguides, sshaped bent waveguides. Also, special topics in bpm cover the simulation of light.
A cylindrical form of the finite difference beam propagation method fdbpm is, for the first time, proposed to make easier the analysis of optical waveguide. Pdf a beam propagation method that handles reflections. A vector beam propagation method bpm for the modeling and simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in optical guidedwave devices is proposed. This lecture steps the student through the formulation and implementation of a basic finitedifference beam propagation method. Beam propagation method and microlens design for optical. The beam propagation method bpm is an approximation technique for simulating the. Pdf a finitedifference beam propagation method fdbpm is outlined. Cylindrical 2d beam propagation method for optical structures.
Propagation method can be used to obtain the eigenmodes of longitudinal. A finitedifference beam propagation method fdbpm is outlined and assessed in comparison with a conventional beam propagation method fftbpm. An assessment of finite difference beam propagation method ieee. It can be used to demonstarate the concept of beam propagation. Hoekstra, on beam propagation methods for modelling in integrated optics. This book presents several approaches for treating the light.
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