Analysis of planar dielectric waveguide with mirror-conjugate chiralities in the core and the cladding

The propagation characteristics of a planar waveguide with mirror-conjugate chiralities filled in the core and the cladding (mirror-conjugate chiralit y waveguide) are presented. The effects of chirality on cutoff, dispersion and field distribution characteristics of the waveguide are studied. The re sults show that the waveguide with desired features can be made by appropri ately selecting the chiralities of the core and the cladding, because the c ore chirality and cladding chirality have different influences on waveguide propagation characteristics.