On the problem of propagation of nonlinear coupled TE–TM waves in a layer

The problem of simultaneous propagation of two types of electromagnetic waves (TE and TM) in a plane dielectric waveguide filled with a nonlinear medium is considered. These polarized waves have different frequencies and different propagation constants. The physical problem is reduced to a nonlinear two-parameter transmission eigenvalue problem for Maxwell’s equations in a layer. The coupled eigenvalues are coupled propagation constants. A theorem on the existence and localization of coupled eigenvalues corresponding to coupled polarized electromagnetic waves is proved.