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Modelling of twisted optical waveguides with edge elements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2004

A. Nicolet
Affiliation:
Institut Fresnel, UMR 6133, Université Aix-Marseille III, case 162, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
F. Zolla
Affiliation:
Institut Fresnel, UMR 6133, Université Aix-Marseille I, case 162, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
S. Guenneau*
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2EZ, UK
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Abstract

We present the modelling of twisted electromagnetic waveguides using helicoid coordinates. This amounts to introducing equivalent inhomogeneous anisotropic materials which are however taken into account easily by the finite element method. An interesting property of such helicoid coordinates is to preserve the intrinsically two-dimensional nature of the problem.

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© EDP Sciences, 2004

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