Abstract
We propose a rigorous full-vector integral-equation formulation for analyzing modal characteristics of the complex, two-dimensional, rectangular-like dielectric waveguide that is divisible into vertical slices of one-dimensional layered structures. The entire electromagnetic mode field is completely determined by the y-component electric and magnetic field functions on the interfaces between slices. These interfacial functions are governed by a system of vector-coupled transverse-mode integral equations (VCTMIE) whose kernels are made of orthonormal sets of both TE-to-y and TM-to-y modes from each slice. To solve for the unknown functions, we construct sets of suitable expansion functions and turn VCTMIE into a nonlinear matrix equation via orthogonal projection. The eigenvectors of the matrix provide the mode field solutions of the complex dielectric waveguide.
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