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Temperature-controlled waveguide properties of the linearly graded-index film in the photorefractive crystal

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The theoretical description of the composite planar waveguide based on semiconductor crystals in which the film with a linear profile of the refractive index sandwiched by two photorefractive crystals with diffusion nonlinearity is proposed. Four types of the transverse magnetic stationary waves propagating along the film waveguide are found. The guided waves propagate with oscillating and non-oscillating profile and non-oscillating symmetrically and anti-symmetrically distributed across film interfaces in the different ranges of the effective refractive index. The waves exist with the discrete spectrum of the effective refractive index. The influence of the optical and geometrical parameters of the film waveguide on the guided wave characteristics and the filed intensity distributions is analyzed. In particular, the temperature of the semiconductor crystal affects the profiles and the type of the guided waves. It is shown that it is necessary to choose the optimal film thickness sufficient for excitation of the guided wave making it possible to obtain a non-oscillating decrease in the field.

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Savotchenko, S.E. Temperature-controlled waveguide properties of the linearly graded-index film in the photorefractive crystal. Appl. Phys. B 129, 7 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-022-07950-4

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