• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 11, 1003 (2018)
Lei Chen and Keng C. Chou*
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  • Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.001003 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lei Chen, Keng C. Chou. Revisiting the absorption and transmission properties of coupled open waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 1003 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Representative PCF structure and (b) its dominant core and cladding eigenmodes. (c) Equivalent two-core fiber and (d) its eigenmodes.
    Fig. 1. (a) Representative PCF structure and (b) its dominant core and cladding eigenmodes. (c) Equivalent two-core fiber and (d) its eigenmodes.
    (a) Real and (b) imaginary parts of n+ and n− as functions of Im(nd)/|G| obtained from the theory (solid lines) and the FEM simulation (dashed lines).
    Fig. 2. (a) Real and (b) imaginary parts of n+ and n as functions of Im(nd)/|G| obtained from the theory (solid lines) and the FEM simulation (dashed lines).
    Eigenvalues of the coupled system n+ (blue) and n− (red) as functions of the wavelength (λ) with Im(nd)/|G| of (a) 0.25 (dashed) and −0.25 (solid), (b) 1 (dashed) and −1 (solid), and (c) 1.5 (dashed) and −1.5 (solid), respectively.
    Fig. 3. Eigenvalues of the coupled system n+ (blue) and n (red) as functions of the wavelength (λ) with Im(nd)/|G| of (a) 0.25 (dashed) and 0.25 (solid), (b) 1 (dashed) and 1 (solid), and (c) 1.5 (dashed) and 1.5 (solid), respectively.
    Transmission spectra obtained by (a), (d) the conventional formulism, (b), (e) the quantum formulism, and (c), (f) the BPM simulation with Im(nd)/|G| of (a)–(c) 0.25 and (d)–(f) 0. Color map scales are independent.
    Fig. 4. Transmission spectra obtained by (a), (d) the conventional formulism, (b), (e) the quantum formulism, and (c), (f) the BPM simulation with Im(nd)/|G| of (a)–(c) 0.25 and (d)–(f) 0. Color map scales are independent.
    Transmission spectrum as a function of the propagation length with Im(nd)/|G| of (a) −0.25 and (d) 0.25, (b) −1 and (e) 1, and (c) −1.5 and (f) 1.5, respectively.
    Fig. 5. Transmission spectrum as a function of the propagation length with Im(nd)/|G| of (a) −0.25 and (d) 0.25, (b) 1 and (e) 1, and (c) 1.5 and (f) 1.5, respectively.
    Eigenmode overlap factor at the phase matching point (1.55 μm).
    Fig. 6. Eigenmode overlap factor at the phase matching point (1.55 μm).
    Phase diagram in a λ versus Im(nd)/|G| plot. The blue region indicates a PT-symmetry phase, and the orange region indicates a PT-symmetry-breaking phase.
    Fig. 7. Phase diagram in a λ versus Im(nd)/|G| plot. The blue region indicates a PT-symmetry phase, and the orange region indicates a PT-symmetry-breaking phase.
    Lei Chen, Keng C. Chou. Revisiting the absorption and transmission properties of coupled open waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(11): 1003
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