title: Accurate first-order leaky-wave analysis of antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides.
abstract: We present a closed-form approximation for estimating both the field distribution and complex propagating constant of the antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) based on a first-order leaky-mode analysis. The formula was obtained from a novel coupled-electric-coupled-magnetic matrix method and provides six significant figures of the real part of the propagation constant beta of a SiO2/TiO2/SiO2/Si ARROW with an 8-microm core. The accuracy for the quantity of the imaginary part of beta is greater than 98.4% for the TE0 mode and 99.3% for TM0. The approximate values for field components are 96.1% accurate. In addition, a slight absorption by the substrate will result in modification of the initial improper leaky-mode behavior, which grows exponentially in the substrate, yielding a proper solution.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Electro-optical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424. d8735803@student.nsysu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Meng-Huei
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Hung-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chang