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A Pseudo-Self-Imaging Phenomenon in Multimode Waveguides

  • Hong Jong-Kyun (Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee Sang-Sun (Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Song Seok-Ho (Micro-Optics National Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Hanyang Unjversjty)
  • Received : 2006.04.25
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

This study introduces an undefined self-imaging phenomenon, called here the pseudo-self-imaging phenomenon. The relative phases of the guided modes were used to discover how the pseudo-self-images are formed. The pseudo-self-image was found and measured experimentally. The experimental results showed that both the pseudo-self-image and the 0-dB self-image have similar intensity values and have opposite positions in the lateral direction.

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