Beam Propagation Method for Liquid Crystal-Core Optical Fiber Waveguides |
| A. Szymańska and T. Woliński Institute of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland |
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| 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. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.95.761 PACS numbers: 42.70.Df, 42.81.Qb, 42.81.Dp |