TY - JOUR T1 - Some Techniques for Computing Wave Propagation in Optical Waveguides JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 6 SP - 1056 EP - 1075 PY - 2006 DA - 2006/01 SN - 1 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7994.html KW - Optical waveguides KW - operator marching method KW - mode matching method KW - beam propagation method KW - bidirectional propagation methods KW - rational approximations. AB -

Optical wave-guiding structures that are non-uniform in the propagation direction are fundamental building blocks of integrated optical circuits. Numerical simulation of lightwaves propagating in these structures is an essential tool to engineers designing photonic components. In this paper, we review recent developments in the most widely used simulation methods for frequency domain propagation problems.