Full-vectorial mode solver for anisotropic optical waveguides using multidomain spectral collocation method

Abstract: A full-vectorial mode solver in terms of the transverse magnetic field components for optical waveguides with transverse anisotropy is described by using the multidomain spectral collocation method based on Chebyshev polynomials. The waveguide cross section surrounded by the perfectly matched layers is divided into suitable number of homogeneous rectangles, and then connected with by imposing the continuities of the longitudinal field components at the dielectric interfaces shared by the adjacent rectangles, resulting in a generalized matrix eigenvalue problem. To validate the established method, results of an anisotropic square waveguide and a magnetooptic rib waveguide are presented and compared with those from the full-vectorial finite difference method, full-vectorial beam propagation method, and the experimental data. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]