Vectorial extension of the Wave Propagation Method (VWPM)
- 1IBM Germany Research & Development GmbH
- 2Chair of Optoelectronics, Institute of Computer Engineering, Heidelberg University
brenner [at] ziti [dot] uni-heidelberg [dot] de
Based on the wave propagation method [1] (WPM), introduced in 1993, this paper presents an extension to a fully vectorial treatment. The WPM, like the BPM, well known for waveguide simulations, decomposes the light propagation into a sequence of finite z-steps, but, unlike the BPM, is not restricted to the paraxial domain. The scalar WPM was verified for propagation angles up to 70 degrees. At these angles, polarisation effects due to Fresnel-related amplitude changes become significant, making a vectorial extension (VWPM) desirable. We present the theoretical approach and show some examples for verifying the new method. [1] K.-H. Brenner, W. Singer, Appl. Opt. 32, No. 26, 4984 - 4988, (1993)
@inproceedings{fertig2009p3,
author = {Fertig, Matthias and Brenner, Karl-Heinz},
title = {{Vectorial extension of the Wave Propagation Method (VWPM)}},
booktitle = {DGaO-Proceedings 2009},
series = {DGaO-Proceedings},
eventtitle = {110. Jahrestagung der DGaO},
eventdate = {2009-06-02/2009-06-05},
venue = {Brescia},
publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik e.V.},
year = {2009},
pages = {P3},
url = {https://dgao-proceedings.de/paper/110-p3}
}