Journal of Optics

, Volume 43, Issue 4, pp 325–329 | Cite as

Entropy-based definitions of beam parameters for slab waveguide

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Abstract

The entropic definitions of mode-field half-width, divergence half-angle as well as beam quality factor for slab waveguide are researched and their properties are analyzed.

Keywords

Guided-wave optics Mode-field half-width Divergence half-angle Beam quality factor 
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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the key Program of Education Department of Fujian Province under the Grant No. JK2012007 and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT1115). The authors are grateful to the reviewers for valuable advices.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology; Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics TechnologyFujian Normal UniversityFuzhouPeople’s Republic of China

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