• DocumentCode
    1321806
  • Title

    Modlling of optical tapers for high-angular-tolerance optical receivers application

  • Author

    Xin Huang ; Gang Yun ; Kavehrad, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    65
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    The performance of optical tapers used in an optical receiver for atmospheric communication applications is analyzed numerically. A generalized mathematical ray-tracing model and a computation algorithm are presented for numerical evaluations. With this model, the taper can have an arbitrary shape and both the meridional rays and skew rays can be simulated. Furthermore, a simple figure of merit is proposed for evaluating the coupling efficiency of the optical tapers.
  • Keywords
    geometrical optics; optical communication equipment; receivers; 3D numerical model; computation algorithm; coupling efficiency; figure of merit; generalized mathematical ray-tracing model; high-angular-tolerance optical receivers; meridional rays; optical tapers; skew rays; Lenses; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Photodiodes; Ray tracing; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canadian Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0840-8688
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/CJECE.1992.6592634
  • Filename
    6592634
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1321806