Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1991
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Haim Grebel
Second Advisor
Andrew Sohn
Third Advisor
Marek Sosnowski
Abstract
An artificial dielectric is a composite material consisting of a dielectric with a large number of conducting particles arranged in a three-dimensional pattern. The particle dimensions are smaller than the optical wavelength of interest. In this thesis, the theoretical and experimental results of some novel artifical dielectric planar waveguide structures are presented. By comparing near field intensity profile measurements from various waveguide structures, we have shown that by adding small clusters of the conductor material into the waveguide we can tailor the mode profile of the waveguide. Also, we were able to fabricate waveguides on a substrate with relatively higher refractive index (BK10 glass) even though the guiding material (polymer) had a lower refractive index than the glass substrate.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Jialing, "Novel artificial dielectric plannar waveguides" (1991). Theses. 2674.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2674
