An analytical study of a doubly clad compressed ellipse optical waveguide

Abstract Using an analytical method based on boundary matching technique, the modal behavior and cutoff frequencies of a compressed ellipse doubly clad optical waveguide is studied. The proposed waveguide consists of a core region of higher refractive index with two cladding regions: one is inner cladding and the other is outer cladding. We take appropriate orthogonal coordinates for the proposed structure and impose the boundary conditions to obtain the characteristic equation. The effect of the width of inner cladding layer on the dispersion characteristic is observed. It is found that the width of inner cladding is able to tailor the dispersion characteristic and cutoff condition of the waveguide up to a certain limit.