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Propagation Of An Optical Vortex In Fiber Arrays With Triangular Lattices, Muhammad Abdulrahman Mushref Aug 2014

Propagation Of An Optical Vortex In Fiber Arrays With Triangular Lattices, Muhammad Abdulrahman Mushref

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The propagation of optical vortices (OVs) in linear and nonlinear media is an important field of research in science and engineering. The most important goal is to explore the properties of guiding dynamics for potential applications such as sensing, all-optical switching, frequency mixing and modulation. In this dissertation, we present analytical methods and numerical techniques to investigate the propagation of an optical vortex in fiber array waveguides. Analytically, we model wave propagation in a waveguide by coupled mode Equations as a simplified approximation. The beam propagation method (BPM) is also employed to numerically solve the paraxial wave Equation by finite …