Graded-index optical waveguides with nonlinear cladding

Samir J. Al-Bader, Husain A. Jamid

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Abstract

The guided-power-mode-index relationship is obtained for waveguides with linear graded-index films topped with a nonlinear layer having self-focusing Kerr-like nonlinearity. The graded-index film waveguides are modeled on those resulting from a process of diffusion. The profiles are delineated as design parameters. The dispersion relations of TE modes are shown to be sensitive to index profile changes, indicating potential uses for nonlinear layers in the measurement of profiling and diffusion parameters of planar waveguides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)374-379
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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