Integrated Optics Anisotropic Waveguides and Devices

Abstract

In this final report a simple procedure employing an extension of the general Jacobi method is introduced for determining the properties of the two allowed elliptical eigen-polarizations for an arbitrary direction of propagation as well as the principal indices and axes of a general lossless, electro-optic, and gyrotropic medium. The Jacobi method presented in this work is an iterative procedure used for performing a unitary transformation to diagonalize the Hermitian impermeability tensor. In addition, a complex polarization variable is defined from elements of the unitary transformation matrix to determine the ellipticity, azimuth angle, relative amplitude and phase, and handedness of the two orthogonal elliptical polarizations. Also, the phase velocity indices of refraction are readily calculated with simple derived expressions. This procedure is numerically stable and accurate for any crystal, external field direction, and direction of propagation. Keywords: Integrated optics; Birefringence; Gyrotropic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217064

Entities

People

  • Thomas K. Gaylord

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birefringence
  • Classification
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Elliptical Polarization
  • Equations
  • Integrated Optics
  • Linear Polarization
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Phase Velocity
  • Polarization
  • Refractive Index

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.