Advances in Optics, Photonics, Spectroscopy & Applications <strong>VI</strong> <strong>ISSN</strong> <strong>1859</strong> - <strong>4271</strong>SIMULATION OF MULTI-PORT DE<strong>VI</strong>CES COMBINING CO- ANDCONTRA- DIRECTIONAL COUPLINGR. CoïssonDepartment of Physics, Parma University, I-43100 Parma, ItalyE-mail:roberto.coison@fis.unipr.itI<strong>ng</strong>eneral,<stro<strong>ng</strong>>ph</stro<strong>ng</strong>>otonicsdealswithinteractionofwaveswitheachotherandwithmaterialstructures(whichalsocanbecomposedofresonantoscilatorsorvarioustypesofpropaga<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gwavesorspatialyperiodicstructures).Intheapproximationofsmalparametricefectsorsmalnonlinearity,wavescanbeseenassuperpositionofmodesinterac<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gwitheachotherorwiththematerialstructure,andthesecoupled-waveapproachesareknownsincealo<strong>ng</strong>timeago[1-4]FibreopticalcouplersandBraggreflectorsarealreadybasicelementsofopticaldevicesandsystems.Butnewhorizonsopenupwithmicro-andnano-structuredmaterialsanddevices:submicronorderedaraysofdielectric,semiconductorormetalelementsbehaveascoupledoscilators,formi<strong>ng</strong>waveguides,“<stro<strong>ng</strong>>ph</stro<strong>ng</strong>>otoniccrystals”,plasmonicstructures,metamaterials.Forexampleanarayofcoupled oscilatorscanbehaveashavi<strong>ng</strong> powerflow oppositetowavevector,wavescanbeguidedina2-D or3-D arayofelements(dielectric,oscilator,quantumdots,…),etc.Itwouldbetoolo<strong>ng</strong>togiveanexhaustivelistoftheliteratureonthesubject,wejustgivesomeexamplesclosertothepresentdiscusion[5-10]ThesesystemsareusualystudiedwithdetailedmethodslikeFEM,butforexplori<strong>ng</strong>newposibilitiesitisusefultousethecoupled-waveframework,whichalowsrapidtrial-and-erorwithasimpleandflexibletoolascanbegivenbymatrix-orientedprogrammi<strong>ng</strong>la<strong>ng</strong>uageslikeMatlaborScilab[11],andthiswewanttoilustratewithasimpleexample,combini<strong>ng</strong>co-andcontra-directionalcoupli<strong>ng</strong>andshowi<strong>ng</strong>acomplexinput-outputbehaviour.Co-directionalwavecoupli<strong>ng</strong>,from microwavestovisible,hasawidevarietyofrealizations:waveseitherdirectlyinterac<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>g(withnottoodiferentwavevectors),orthroughaspatialyperiodicstructure(staticrefractiveindexvariation,waveguidecorugation,acousticwave)havi<strong>ng</strong>suitablewavevectorforeficientcoupli<strong>ng</strong>(so-caledLo<strong>ng</strong>PeriodGra<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gs).Contra-directionalcoupli<strong>ng</strong> isaconceptwidely applied in opticalfibredevicesandsemiconductorlasers.Bragggra<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gdevicesor“1-D<stro<strong>ng</strong>>ph</stro<strong>ng</strong>>otoniccrystals”havebeendevelopedformanyapplicationsandwithavarietyofconfigurations:distributedBraggreflectorsforfibrelasercavities,λ/4-shiftedgra<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gsforsemiconductorlasercavities,chirpedgra<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gsforfibredispersioncompensation,slightlynonlinearstructuresforswitchi<strong>ng</strong>,Ageneralmodularcomputerprogramusi<strong>ng</strong>MatlaborScilabhasbeenwriten[12],forthereflection,transmissionandinternalfieldcalculationsofanyquasi-periodicBraggstructure,includi<strong>ng</strong>iterativesolutionsofnonlinearcases.Combini<strong>ng</strong>co-andcontra-directionalinteractionscanprovideacomplexinput-outputbehaviour,withas<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>dependenceonvariousparameters,whichmakesi<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>teres<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gforthedevelopmentofdevices,andsomeexampleshavebeenproposedintheliterature[5-10].Inthiscase,i<strong>ng</strong>eneral,boundaryconditionsarenotalonthesameside,andthisimpliestheneedfora“partialinversion”ofamatrix:intheequationAx=y,boththevectorsxandycontainbothknownandunknownelements,soasuitablelineartransformationisneededtofindtheunknowns;anoperationthathasbeenimplementedinScilab[13].40
Nhữ<strong>ng</strong> tiến bộ <stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>> <stro<strong>ng</strong>>Qua<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>> học, <stro<strong>ng</strong>>Qua<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>> <stro<strong>ng</strong>>ph</stro<strong>ng</strong>>ổ và Ứ<strong>ng</strong> dụ<strong>ng</strong> <strong>VI</strong> <strong>ISSN</strong> <strong>1859</strong> - <strong>4271</strong>Inordertoilustratethecomplexinput-outputofsuchsystemscombini<strong>ng</strong>co-directionalandcontra-directionalcoupli<strong>ng</strong>ofmodes,asimpleexamplewithtwowaveguidesandfourmodeswilbeshown.Anywaythiscanbeeasilygeneralizedtomorecomplexcases,applyi<strong>ng</strong>ittonewideasofdevices.Co-directional and contra-directional coupli<strong>ng</strong>F(z)B(z)z=021| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Bragg gra<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>gs + coupli<strong>ng</strong>| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |4z=L3dFdzdBdz11==dF2αF2+ κ1B1=dzdB−α'B2+κ1'F1dz−α'F2=1αB+ κ1+2κ' B2F22F 1 (0)=1, F 2 (0)=B 1 (L)=B 2 (L)=0Two boundary conditions at z=0, two at z=LUnknowns: F 1 (L), F 2 (L), B 1 (0), B 2 (0)(transmission and reflection coefficients)Thefolowi<strong>ng</strong>figureshowseachofthefouroutputsasfunctionsofdetuni<strong>ng</strong>from exactBraggcondition,withinpu<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>onesideofoneofthewaveguides.Thisshowsthataslightcha<strong>ng</strong>einwavele<strong>ng</strong>t<stro<strong>ng</strong>>hc</stro<strong>ng</strong>>andirecttheligh<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>toadiferentoutput.Also,fromarelativelywidebandinputoneca<strong>ng</strong>ettwoorthreenarowbands(andbea<s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>tin</s<stro<strong>ng</strong>>tro<strong>ng</strong></stro<strong>ng</strong>>>g…).Andthesecondoneshowsthefouroutputswhentheco-directionalcoupli<strong>ng</strong>constantisvaried,asforexampleitisrealizedwithanacousticwave,whoseintensitycanbevaried.Itshowsthatbyvaryi<strong>ng</strong>theacousticintensity,theoutputcanbedirectedtoanyofthe4outputs[14,15].41