Field distributions of the hybrid modes in rectangular waveguides filled with uniaxial media with tilted optic axis lying in sidewall planes

Abstract

The field distributions of various modes in rectangular waveguides filled with uniaxial media are presented. The presented cases include aligned cases when the optic axis is parallel to one of the coordinate axes and the tilted cases when the optic axis is not parallel to any of the coordinate axes but still lies within one of the two side-wall planes. In the aligned uniaxial-z case the analytical solution is compared with the results of the dyadic green's functions (DGF). In other aligned cases the field distributions of selected extra-ordinary wave modes are also plotted and to be compared with the isotropic case. In the tilted cases, the field distributions of the hybrid modes which are coupled ordinary-waves and extra-ordinary waves show asymmetry which is not seen in the aligned cases and isotropic case. The validity of the hybrid mode field plots are verified by comparing a limiting tilted case with analytical solutions of an aligned case.