Optimal control theory for optical waveguide design: application to Y-branch structures

Authors
Pant, DK Coalson, RD Hernandez, MI Campos-Martinez, J
Citation
Dk. Pant et al., Optimal control theory for optical waveguide design: application to Y-branch structures, APPL OPTICS, 38(18), 1999, pp. 3917-3923
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
18
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3917 - 3923
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(19990620)38:18<3917:OCTFOW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A recently introduced optimal control theory method for optical waveguide d esign is applied to Y-branch waveguides and Mach-Zehnder modulators. The me thod simultaneously optimizes many parameters in a chosen design scheme; co mputational effort scales mildly with the number of parameters considered. Significant improvement in guiding efficiency relative to intuitively reaso nable initial parameter choices is obtained in all cases. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.