2-dimensional hamiltonian description of nonlinear optical waveg-uides

Year: 1994

Authors: Capobianco A. D., Costantini B., De Angelis C., Nalesso G. F.

Autors Affiliation: D.E.I., Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica, Universita’ di Padova, Padova Italy

Abstract: We present a general method for studying the evolution of a beam propagating in a nonlinear optical waveguide. In the framework of a variational method, and within the Ritz optimization technique, the governing equations describing the evolution of the basic parameters of the beam are reduced to those of a Hamiltonian dynamical system. As a particular case the method yields the guided modes of the device (corresponding to fixed points of the dynamical system). As an example the method is applied to the full two-dimensional analysis of the guided modes of a nonlinear slab directional coupler and of a channel waveguide; numerical experiments are used to validate our approach.

Journal/Review: OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Volume: 26 (3)      Pages from: S335  to: S348

KeyWords: Nonlinear Optics
DOI: 10.1007/BF00384684

Citations: 3
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