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Thesis
Title
Analysis of Metal-Clad TM-Pass Polarizers using the
Method of Lines.
Thesis
Supervisor
Prof. Hussain A. Jamid
Electrical Engineering
Department, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.
Research Areas
Optical Waveguides, Waveguide Gratings,
Metal-Clad Waveguides, Higher-Order Approximations,
Method of Lines (MOL), Perfectly Matched Layer (PML),
TM-Pass Polarizer, TE-Pass Polarizer, Reflection
Mode Polarizer, Transmission Mode Polarizer.
Thesis Abstract
In this research work, two types of
metal-clad TM-pass polarizers, transmission mode
polarizer and reflection mode polarizer, are
studied. In the first type, the TM polarized waves
are transmitted with low-loss, while TE polarized
wave are transmitted with very high loss. The second
type of polarizer has corrugations in its structure.
It functions by reflecting TM waves with low-loss,
while the reflected TE polarized waves are highly
attenuated. The reflection and transmission spectra
of the reflection mode polarizer are calculated for
different high-index buffer layer thicknesses,
different number of grating periods, different
groove depths and different length of metal-clad
section. The Method of Lines (MOL) with the
Cascading and Doubling Algorithm is applied to model
the multi-layer waveguide structure with periodic
corrugations. Higher-order approximations of the
second derivative operator with appropriate
interface conditions are used. The Perfectly Matched
Layer (PML) absorber is used to absorb the radiated
fields due to the presence of longitudinal
discontinuities. (Download
Abstract)
Thesis Chapters
Table of
Contents
Abstract
Chapter 1:
Introduction
Chapter 2:
Dielectric Slab Optical Waveguide
Chapter 3:
The Method of Lines
Chapter 4:
Absorbing Boundary Conditions and Waveguide
Discontinuities
Chapter 5:
Analysis of Metal-Clad Waveguides
Chapter 6:
The Cascading and Doubling Algorithm: Application to
Periodic Waveguide Gratings
Appendix
A: Higher-Order Approximation.
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