Advances in the development of simulation tools for integrated optics devices: FDTD, BPM, and mode-solving techniques

Stoyan Tanev; Dazeng Feng; Steven Dods; Velko Peyov Tzolov; Z. Jan Jakubczyk; Chengkun Chen; Pierre Berini; Christoph A. Waechter; Helder F. Pinheiro; Andres P. L. Barbero; Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa

doi:10.1117/12.426784

15 May 2001 Advances in the development of simulation tools for integrated optics devices: FDTD, BPM, and mode-solving techniques

Stoyan Tanev, Dazeng Feng, Steven Dods, Velko Peyov Tzolov, Z. Jan Jakubczyk, Chengkun Chen, Pierre Berini, Christoph A. Waechter, Helder F. Pinheiro, Andres P. L. Barbero, Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa

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Proceedings Volume 4277, Integrated Optics Devices V; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.426784
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In the present paper we review the state of the art of two complementary propagation techniques with applications for integrated optics device modeling: the Finite-Difference Time-Domain and the Beam Propagation Method. In both cases we focus on their main features such as the types of propagation schemes and the material effects that can be modeled. In addition, we also consider a 2D mode solver based on a complex root finding procedure - a representative mode solving technique that is of significant interest for design and modeling of leaky mode based devices. Each of the methods is illustrated with appropriate simulation examples of devices and waveguide structures being of current research interest: photonic band gap structures, waveguide gratings, ARROW waveguides etc. The selected examples show the power of the methods as well as the consistency and the complementarity of their results when applied together.

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Stoyan Tanev, Dazeng Feng, Steven Dods, Velko Peyov Tzolov, Z. Jan Jakubczyk, Chengkun Chen, Pierre Berini, Christoph A. Waechter, Helder F. Pinheiro, Andres P. L. Barbero, and Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa "Advances in the development of simulation tools for integrated optics devices: FDTD, BPM, and mode-solving techniques", Proc. SPIE 4277, Integrated Optics Devices V, (15 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.426784

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