Conversion of waveguide modes in nonuniformly magnetized planar structures

An analysis is made of a planar structure with a nonuniform distribution of magnetization throughout the thickness of a waveguide layer that correspon ds to the rotation of magnetic momentum in the plane of the layer. The resu lts of the study show the feasibility of efficiently controlling the conver sion of orthogonally polarized modes due to the change of thickness of the transition layer and the angle of magnetization rotation across the wavegui de layer. (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".