Preventing the Breakdown of Tight-Binding Waveguide Optics by Löwdin Orthogonalization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.31074v1
• Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 09:43:07 GMT
• Title: Preventing the Breakdown of Tight-Binding Waveguide Optics by Löwdin Orthogonalization
• Abstract summary: We study the dynamics of the total light field by examining the coupling between the guided modes of individual single-mode substructures.<n>We introduce a modified TB framework based on the Lwdin orthogonalization, which constructs an orthonormal basis from the non-orthogonal guided modes.<n>The resulting Lwdin-TB method restores the standard eigenvalue problem and yields excellent agreement with exact beam propagation simulations.
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• Abstract: Many advancements in optics have relied on the tight-binding approximation, which simplifies the description and prediction of complex system behaviors. This approximation describes the dynamics of the total light field by examining the coupling between the guided modes of individual single-mode substructures -- also known as coupled mode theory. However, the underlying assumption, that the guided modes of individual waveguides form an orthogonal basis, breaks down when waveguides are brought into close proximity or when larger arrays are considered. In this work, we systematically analyze the consequences of this non-orthogonality and show that it leads to a generalized eigenvalue problem involving an overlap matrix, causing a fundamental mismatch between the standard TB model and solutions of the paraxial wave equation. To resolve this issue, we introduce a modified TB framework based on the Löwdin orthogonalization, which constructs an orthonormal basis from the non-orthogonal guided modes while minimally altering their physical shape and preserving their symmetry properties. The resulting Löwdin-TB method restores the standard eigenvalue problem and yields excellent agreement with exact beam propagation simulations across a wide range of system sizes and waveguide separations. Furthermore, it captures important physical effects, such as enhanced long-range coupling and nontrivial hopping phases, that are absent in the standard approach.

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