ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the performance of Self-Organized Lightwave Networks (SOLNETs) is predicted by computer simulations. It presents the results of SOLNET formation and the coupling efficiency in optical couplings between microscale waveguides. The chapter also presents the results of SOLNET formation and the coupling efficiency in couplings between nanoscale waveguides and couplings between microscale and nanoscale waveguides with mode size converting functions. In the 2D finite difference time domain (FDTD) calculations of SOLNET formation, after inputting the initial distribution of refractive index, the electric fields and the magnetic fields are calculated using the absorption boundary conditions. SOLNETs with branching structures might expand their application fields, including cancer therapy. One of the features of SOLNETs is a capability of 3D optical wiring fabrication in free spaces. Prior to the demonstration of vertical SOLNETs, a simulation result of L-shaped self-written waveguides (SWWs) formation utilizing a wavelength filter for a vertical mirror is presented.
