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Boundary condition for the efficient excitation and absorption of hybrid waveguide modes in finite element formulations
Author(s) -
Tsilipakos Odysseas,
Kriezis Emmanouil E.,
Yioultsis Traianos V.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.26364
Subject(s) - waveguide , boundary value problem , finite element method , context (archaeology) , microwave , excitation , absorption (acoustics) , materials science , boundary (topology) , silicon , optics , physics , engineering , optoelectronics , structural engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , electrical engineering , telecommunications , geology , quantum mechanics , paleontology
A boundary condition capable of efficiently exciting and absorbing hybrid waveguide modes is derived for use in the context of the finite element method.Its performance is assessed in two cases, that is, a silicon and a plasmonic waveguide, and compared with that of the standard absorbing boundary condition. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:2626–2631, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26364