Beam Propagation Method for Liquid Crystal-Core Optical Fiber Waveguides

• Authors: A. Szymańska , T. Woliński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Propagation effects in liquid crystal-core optical fiber waveguides were investigated and simulated by means of beam propagation method. Spatial propagation beam distribution for anisotropic liquid crystal fibers was defined by using BPM_CAD software package (courtesy of Optiwave Corporation). The field intensity was related to the refractive index of core at the liquid crystal fiber in two different waveguide configurations: planar and radial, whereas the number of the propagating modes was calculated. Numerical results were compared with some experimental data formerly obtained.

Keywords

EN

42.70.Df; 42.81.Qb; 42.81.Dp

Discipline

• 42.81.Dp: Propagation, scattering, and losses; solitons
• 42.81.Qb: Fiber waveguides, couplers, and arrays
• 42.70.Df: Liquid crystals(for structure of liquid crystals, see 61.30.-v)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1999
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 761-766

Dates

published

1999-05

Contributors

author

A. Szymańska

• Institute of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland

author

T. Woliński

• Institute of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.95.761