Field Distribution into Binary Linear Waveguide Array
Abstract
The binary (two-component) linear waveguide array that is formed either from identical waveguides but with alternating distances between adjacent waveguides, or waveguides with a positive refractive index, but having distinctions in the refractive index or the waveguide thickness. The exact solution of the coupled wave equations describing the field distribution over waveguides is found. These solutions describe the discrete diffraction in the model under consideration.
Keywords: coupled waveguides, binary array, discrete diffraction, generation function method.
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