Beam propagation study of nonlinear coupling between transverse electric modes of a slab waveguide
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 50 (22) , 1562-1564
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97780
Abstract
The evolution of an optical field along a symmetrical slab waveguide capable of supporting two TE modes in the linear regime is investigated using the beam propagation method (BPM) where the waveguide and cladding media have a uniform, self-focusing Kerr law nonlinearity. BPM calculations agree well with coupled-mode theory at low input powers, but diverge at powers approaching the coupled-mode value of the critical power and above, due to self-focusing of the field. At high power, the beam splits into two parts which generate unusual long-range collision effects.Keywords
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