Channel waveguides with asymmetric long period gratings exhibiting coupling from the fundamental (symmetric) core mode to the first-order (antisymmetric) cladding mode were analyzed. Using this geometry, we show that it is possible to realize polarization-dependent and polarization-independent operations at desired wavelengths. We have chosen the device parameters to demonstrate its operation in the CþL band. Sensitivity of the coupling behavior to random variation in various parameters such as core and cladding dimensions, grating period, etc., has been analyzed. The proposed structure should be interesting from the point of view of realizing waveguide devices such as filters, polarizers, etc., based on waveguide gratings.
The stability characteristics of a rotor-bearing system which indicate the threshold of instability are generally obtained by applying the Routh-Hurwitz criterion to the characteristic polynomial. Usually the characteristic polynomial is obtained analytically from the characteristic determinant. In the case of the generalized eigenvalue problems, this is practically impossible. To study the stability characteristics of a floating bush bearing, the characteristic polynomial is constructed from the generalized eigenvalue problem using a recently developed numerical technique. Results obtained through this computer package are compared with those already available in the literature.
We propose a sensor scheme operating in the wavelength band of 1460-1530 nm (S band) that utilizes two orthogonally polarized eigenmodes in a ridge-waveguide geometry by employing a pair of nonidentical asymmetric long-period gratings. Numerical simulations show a high sensitivity ~4900 nm/RIU (refractive index unit) over the refractive index range 1.33-1.34 exhibiting a relative resonance shift of 1 pm for an index change of ~10(-7). Such high resolution sensors enable detection of minute changes with potential applications to various biochemical industries.
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